Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a mega roadshow in Gandhinagar on Tuesday morning, with crowds gathered to greet him.
This was the prime minister's fourth roadshow during his two-day visit to Gujarat. It is his first visit to his home state since Operation Sindoor, India's military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
The roadshow started at the Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar and ended at Mahatma Mandir. People gathered in large numbers, waving the tricolour along the route. People gathered in large numbers, waving the tricolour along the route. PM Modi held roadshows in Vadodara, Bhuj and Ahmedabad too on Monday.
While addressing a gathering on Tuesday after inaugurating development projects worth ₹5,536 crore at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, PM Modi targeted Pakistan again in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar and said his government has decided to remove terror thorn from India.
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"I have been in Gujarat for the past two days, yesterday I visited Vadodara, Dahod, Bhuj, Ahmedabad and this morning, Gandhinagar. Everywhere I went, it felt like a wave of patriotism, like the roaring sound of a saffron sea. The roar of the saffron sea, the fluttering Tricolour and immense love for the motherland in every heart. It was a sight to behold, it was an unforgettable scene," he said.
He reiterated that terrorism practiced by Pakistan is not a proxy war but a deliberate war strategy and India will respond accordingly. Pakistan is engaging in war through terrorism, Modi said, while speaking about Operation Sindoor at the urban development programme of Gujarat Government.
“We can't call this a proxy war as those who were killed on May 6 night (in Indian strikes on terror camps in Pakistan) were given state honours in Pakistan. Pakistani flags were draped over their coffins, and their military saluted them,” Modi said.
“This proves that these terrorist activities are not just a proxy war but a deliberate war strategy on their part. If they engage in war, then the response will be accordingly,” he said.
Modi said that whenever India and Pakistan went to war, Indian armed forces defeated Pakistan a way the neighbouring country would never forget.
“Realising they could never win a direct war against India, they turned to proxy warfare, providing military training and support to terrorists instead. No matter how strong or healthy the body is, even a single thorn can cause constant pain. We have decided that the thorn must be removed,” Modi said.
“During Partition, Maa Bharati was divided into two, and that very night, the first terror attack on Kashmir was launched by the Mujahideen,” he said.
Pakistan then captured a part of Mother India with the help of terrorists, in the name of Mujahideen, he said.
“If these Mujahideen had been killed on that day and Sardar Patel's advice had been accepted, then this series (of terror attacks) that has been going on for the last 75 years would not have been seen,” Modi said.
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