Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said there was “fire” in his heart over the suicide bombing of a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir. “Jo aag aapke dil mein hai, wahi aag mere dial mein bhi hai” (I feel the same fire in my heart that is burning inside you), Modi told a public meeting after laying foundation stones and dedicating to the nation various schemes estimated to cost Rs 33,000 crore.
The inauguration was done through video conference.
Modi also paid his tributes to two of the CRPF personnel who died in Pulwama on February 14 who hailed from Bihar: Sanjay Kumar Sinha (Patna) and Ratan Kumar Thakur (Bhagalpur).
He said they had sacrificed their lives for the country. “I express my sympathies with their families.”
Modi made no mention about Pakistan and its alleged involvement in the worst attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in the state in 1989.
In his over half hour speech, he mainly focussed on development.