PM: Terror now a daily routine
‘Chai ke Saath’ held across 50,128 polling booths in Guj
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the sacrifices of brave citizens in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack nine years ago, and said terrorism posed a global threat “almost as a daily routine”, and stressed on the need to fight it unitedly.
Speaking in his monthly radio programme Mann ki Baat, Mr Modi said even a few years ago, when India talked about the threats of terrorism, not many in the world were ready to take it seriously.
“Now that terrorism is knocking at their doors, every government in the world, those who believe in humanity, governments with faith in democracy, are seeing this as one of the biggest challenges,” he said, adding that terrorism was a threat to humanity.
“Terrorism has taken an ugly shape and has become a global threat almost as a daily routine. Terrorism has challenged humanity. It is bent upon destroying humanitarian forces. So not only India but all humanitarian forces will have to keep fighting unitedly to defeat the menace of terrorism,” he said.
Ahmedabad, Nov. 26: Seeking to counter a Congress’ meme mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘chaiwala’ past, BJP leaders, including Amit Shah and Arun Jaitley, on Sunday tuned in to his radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’ while having tea with people across poll-bound Gujarat.
The BJP organised ‘Mann ki Baat, Chai ke Saath’, at all the 50,128 polling booths in 182 Assembly seats.
BJP president Shah listened to the programme at a tea stall in the city’s Muslim-dominated Dariyapur area in the presence of hundreds of locals and party workers.
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley was present at a booth in Adajan area of Surat-West Assembly constituency, said a party release.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani listened to Modi’s monthly programme while having tea at Mora village in Panchmahal district, while Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel was present at a booth in his constituency in Mehsana.
The other party leaders who joined the programme at various places included Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Uma Bharti, Smriti Irani, Jual Oram and Parshottam Rupala, Gujarat BJP president Jitu Vaghani and several state ministers, MLAs and some MPs.
Irani, who was in Junagadh to take part in the party’s event, told media persons that the people of Gujarat will “teach a stern lesson to Congress in this Assembly election for having an anti-poor and anti-Gujarat mindset.”
The event was organised ahead of Modi's tour of Gujarat on November 27 and 29 during which he will address eight rallies in Saurashtra and south Gujarat, where polling will be held on December 9. — PTI