- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIA will soon reach exports worth Rs 3,500 crore (£341 million) in aerospace and defence sectors under the leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi, Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (28) said.
Speaking on “Delivering Democracy; Two Decades of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Head of Government” organised by the Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini at India International Centre in New Delhi, Singh said, “In politics of independent India, Narendra Modi has done great work. He accepted this crisis of credibility as a challenge and overcame it. You might have felt that in independent India, the biggest challenge before politics and politicians has been a crisis of credibility. Due to the difference between words and deeds of politicians, people’s trust in them lessened gradually.”
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“We were the biggest importer in the world in terms of defence equipment. We are now among the top 25 exporters of the world. We will soon achieve the target of Rs 3500 crore export. It all happened because of PM Narendra Modi’s directions,” Singh added.
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“Challenges do come in life and PM Modi’s life is full of challenges but he never bowed down but he fought and won. He is a case study of effective leadership and effective governance. I request people in the field of the management school. The life and work done by PM Narendra Modi should be taught as case study,” the defence minister said.
He said the revolution in urban planning and road infrastructure which was laid by Atal Behari Vajpayee, India’s first prime minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), slowed down during the previous government (led by the Indian National Congress) but Modi has set a new definition of urban planning and road infrastructure.
“I request people to do an unbiased analysis of PM Modi and he has only agenda of nation-building and lok kalyan (public welfare). No one can question the intention and integrity of PM Modi. He is 24 carat gold and in his long political career of 20 years no one can point a finger on him over corruption allegations,” Singh said.
Modi knows how to maintain coordination between individual rights and national interest, he said.
“After people were angry over corruption by the previous government and wanted a credible alternative. They have only one option and that is the BJP. Except for BJP and Left, people all political parties are family enterprises,” he added.
Emphasising that the BJP is the only political party with ideology, Singh said, “Decision making the power of PM Modi is unimaginable. The BJP was always clear with its agenda to abolish Article 370. PM Modi did that in no time. Except for a few small incidents, the situation is normal in Kashmir. He has redefined and redesigned the fight against terrorism.”
“PM Modi is clear terrorism and talk can’t be done simultaneously. We never discuss cricket matches. Action will be done either inside the border or across the border as per the requirements. We did surgical strikes and airstrikes. PM Modi delivered what he promised,” Singh, who has been the president of the BJP in the past, said.
Singh further said there is a major paradigm shift in India’s internal security or border security because of Modi’s decision-making powers.
