NAVI MUMBAI: PM Modi said here on Wednesday that Congress should tell the nation who had caved in to foreign pressure and prevented India from mounting a military response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks .
Referring to a recent interview of P Chidambaram , PM Modi said, without naming him, "A Congress neta, who has been Union home minister, has said India was ready to respond after 26/11, but because of the pressure exerted by some country, then Congress government stopped India's armed forces from attacking Pakistan. Congress must say who it was who took the decision... and who trampled on the sentiments of the country and of Mumbai. The nation has the right to know."
By doing so, the government in 2008 sent out a message of weakness and of surrendering to terror, Modi said. "This strengthened terrorists and weakened national security."
Country paid price with loss of lives repeatedly, says PM
PM Modi said, "(As a result), the country had to pay the price for it with loss of lives again and again." He made the remarks while addressing a gathering after inaugurating Phase One of the Navi Mumbai International Airport and the final stretch of Mumbai's underground Metro 3 line.
PM Modi said, "For our government, nothing is more important than the security of the nation and its citizens. Today's India strikes back with strength. Aaj ka Bharat ghar mein ghus ke maarta hain (India strikes deep inside the enemy's own territory). The world has seen this during Operation Sindoor."
Chidambaram , who had taken over as home minister just days after the 26/11 attacks, told a channel recently that after the Mumbai terror attacks, "the whole world descended on Delhi to tell us 'don't start a war." He said then US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice had met him and then PM Manmohan Singh to say India should not react. Chidambaram has since said he has been misquoted. Congress neta Manish Tewari however was quoted as saying that Chidambaram's remarks "cannot be disregarded."
The PM's attack on Congress comes after the opposition party's repeated questioning of his govt on US president Trump's claim that he used the threat of tariffs to get India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire in May.
Describing the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) as a "glimpse of Viksit Bharat" that will help make Mumbai region Asia's biggest connectivity hub, Modi said, "The long wait of Mumbai is over as the city has now got its second airport which will link Maharashtra's farmers and small industries to global markets." The airport project was first announced in the 1990s and had since faced numerous delays.
The inauguration event began with the PM's aircraft landing at the Navi Mumbai airport runway. The PM did a short walk through the new terminal 1 before addressing the gathering.
PM Modi said India's airports had doubled from 74 in 2014 to more than 160, and the UDAN scheme had enabled millions to fly for the first time. The PM said that with the opening of the Navi Mumbai airport, the goal was to establish India as a major MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) hub by the end of the decade.
He inaugurated Phase 2B of Metro Line-3 from Acharya Atre Chowk to Cuffe Parade, marking completion of the 33.5-km Aqua Line from Aarey to South Mumbai. Terming it "a living symbol of a developing India," he praised the engineers who built it beneath the heritage precincts without disturbing historic structures.
PM Modi said the Metro 3 line reminded him of the "karnaamey" (devious acts) of the opposition which "likes to take development projects off the rails." He accused the former MVA govt of halting the project. "I participated in bhoompujan... At that time, lakhs of Mumbaikars had hoped that their (commuting) difficulties would be reduced."
Referring to a recent interview of P Chidambaram , PM Modi said, without naming him, "A Congress neta, who has been Union home minister, has said India was ready to respond after 26/11, but because of the pressure exerted by some country, then Congress government stopped India's armed forces from attacking Pakistan. Congress must say who it was who took the decision... and who trampled on the sentiments of the country and of Mumbai. The nation has the right to know."
By doing so, the government in 2008 sent out a message of weakness and of surrendering to terror, Modi said. "This strengthened terrorists and weakened national security."
Country paid price with loss of lives repeatedly, says PM
PM Modi said, "(As a result), the country had to pay the price for it with loss of lives again and again." He made the remarks while addressing a gathering after inaugurating Phase One of the Navi Mumbai International Airport and the final stretch of Mumbai's underground Metro 3 line.
PM Modi said, "For our government, nothing is more important than the security of the nation and its citizens. Today's India strikes back with strength. Aaj ka Bharat ghar mein ghus ke maarta hain (India strikes deep inside the enemy's own territory). The world has seen this during Operation Sindoor."
Chidambaram , who had taken over as home minister just days after the 26/11 attacks, told a channel recently that after the Mumbai terror attacks, "the whole world descended on Delhi to tell us 'don't start a war." He said then US secretary of state Condoleeza Rice had met him and then PM Manmohan Singh to say India should not react. Chidambaram has since said he has been misquoted. Congress neta Manish Tewari however was quoted as saying that Chidambaram's remarks "cannot be disregarded."
The PM's attack on Congress comes after the opposition party's repeated questioning of his govt on US president Trump's claim that he used the threat of tariffs to get India and Pakistan to agree to a ceasefire in May.
Describing the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) as a "glimpse of Viksit Bharat" that will help make Mumbai region Asia's biggest connectivity hub, Modi said, "The long wait of Mumbai is over as the city has now got its second airport which will link Maharashtra's farmers and small industries to global markets." The airport project was first announced in the 1990s and had since faced numerous delays.
The inauguration event began with the PM's aircraft landing at the Navi Mumbai airport runway. The PM did a short walk through the new terminal 1 before addressing the gathering.
PM Modi said India's airports had doubled from 74 in 2014 to more than 160, and the UDAN scheme had enabled millions to fly for the first time. The PM said that with the opening of the Navi Mumbai airport, the goal was to establish India as a major MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) hub by the end of the decade.
He inaugurated Phase 2B of Metro Line-3 from Acharya Atre Chowk to Cuffe Parade, marking completion of the 33.5-km Aqua Line from Aarey to South Mumbai. Terming it "a living symbol of a developing India," he praised the engineers who built it beneath the heritage precincts without disturbing historic structures.
PM Modi said the Metro 3 line reminded him of the "karnaamey" (devious acts) of the opposition which "likes to take development projects off the rails." He accused the former MVA govt of halting the project. "I participated in bhoompujan... At that time, lakhs of Mumbaikars had hoped that their (commuting) difficulties would be reduced."
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