The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
BJP can’t tolerate attack on dignity of women: Rajnath
EXPLAINING THE rationale behindthecentralgovernment’sdecision to ban triple talaq, Defence Ministerrajnathsinghsaidmondaythatregardlessofwhetherbjp formsthegovernmentornot,“our partycannottolerateattackonthe dignity and honour of women irrespective of her faith”.
At a rally in Kathua district’s Billawar town in support of BJP’S Udhampur candidate Dr Jitendra Singh,hesaid,“ouropponentsask astowhyweinterfereinotherreligions. I want to tell them in unambiguous terms that any mother, sister and daughter, whatsoever is her religion, is our mother, sisteranddaughteraswell.whether we form a government or not... ourpartycannottolerateanattack on the dignity and honour of women irrespective of her faith.’’
“Howcanweacceptthatthree days or 10 days after marrying a woman, you abandon her just by saying talaq thrice,’’ Singh said, adding, “that is why I say we do politics not only for government formation, but nation building’’.
Referring to construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, he said he feels “Ram Rajya” has started taking roots in the country and nobody can stop it from becomingareality.“weabrogatedarticle 370 so as to bring it at par with other states, constructed Ram temple and implemented CAA,’’ hesaid,addingthattheonlything left now is the UCC. The party manifestoreleasedsundaypromised implementation of the UCC in the next five years, he said.
Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, he said that India is heading towards becoming the world’s third-largest economy by 2026-end and the country’s stature has been enhanced so much that the world takes note. “Earlier India was considered as a soft state... But when Uri and Pulwama happened, India gave a strong message that we will not touch anyone but if touched by someone we will not leave them. Wehavethecapabilityandpower to hit (our targets) anywhere withinandacrossourborders.the power of India increased in the world (after the surgical strikes),” he said, giving credit to PM Modi.
Had Congress even fulfilled its promises partially made over the years, India would have been among the powerful nations of the world 20-25 years ago, he said.