Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday said the country has earned respect across the world during the last five years of the Modi government.
The senior BJP leader, who was speaking at an election rallyhere, attacked the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the BahujanSamaj Party (BSP),saying organisations cannot get success on the basis of negative thinking.
“The country has earned respect at the global levelduring the BJP government…We made an anti-satellite missile which only Russia,China and the US had,” Singh said.
India is on the sixth spot “as far as economy isconcerned whereas in 2014 it was ninth. We want the country to become asuperpower and ‘vishwa’ guru,” he said.
The home minister said after the Mumbai attack in 2008,”the then Congress government did nothing, but after the Pulwama attack,Indian forces went inside Pakistan and carried out its operation.”
The Indian Air Force on February 26 carried out a strike ona JeM camp in Pakistan’s Balakot after 40 CRPF personnel were killed in anattack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.
“The Congress is asking how many were killed (inBalakot) to which we said the brave do not count bodies, but vultures do,”Singh said.
He also attacked the SP and the BSP, saying they have joinedhands to stop NarendraModi from becoming prime minister, but warned that noindividual or organisation can get success on the basis of negative thinking.
The SP, BSP and RLD have formed an alliance in Uttar Pradeshto take on the BJP in this LokSabha elections.
The Mayawati-led BSP is contesting 38 LokSabha seats, whilethe AkhileshYadav-led SP has fielded candidates from 37 parliamentaryconstituencies.
There are three RashtriyaLok Dal (RLD) candidates in the poll fray from the state. The alliance has fielded no candidates from Rae Bareli and Amethi, which are Congress bastions in the state.