BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday told Pakistan to shun its anti-India attitude and stop backing terrorism against India.
In his first rally after being chosen the prime ministerial candidate on Friday, the Gujarat chief minister told a massive rally of ex-soldiers in this Haryana town that promoting gun culture had done Pakistan no good over the last 60 years.
Rewari rally: Highlights | In pics
"The rulers in Pakistan should resolve that they will not allow terrorists to (operate) in Pakistan for 10 years, will not protect terrorists, and will not allow its soil to be the breeding ground for terrorists.
"I can say with authority that if this happens, Pakistan will see the progress that it has not seen in the last 60 years (since it got independence)," he said.
Modi said Pakistan had "converted India into a war zone through its war mindset and support for terrorism.
"Earlier, the war used to take place on the border. But when you (Pakistan) could not defeat the Indian Army, you started going for killing innocent citizens.
"Killing innocents through cross border terrorism is neither going to help Pakistan nor India."
Amid cheers, Modi went on: "You cannot progress with anti-India tirade. You cannot progress on this basis... For you own interests and for the youth of your country, you should rethink the wrong path you have chosen in the last 60 years and step back."
"I want to tell the rulers whether it is of Bangladesh, India or Pakistan: if we have to fight, we should fight against poverty, illiteracy and other ills."
Thousands of people, including former soldiers, turned up for Modi's first public rally as the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate.
Modi said he felt more thrilled speaking at the rally than he felt when he was announced the BJP's PM candidate.
Sharing the dais were former army chief V.K. Singh and several retired military officers.
Attacking the Congress, Modi said there was a stench of vote bank politics in every nook and corner of the country.
He also said politicians should look at the armed forces as the best example of secularism in the country.
He said the government only discussed terrorism selectively. "But terrorism cannot be addressed selectively. Violence digs the grave of humanity," he said.
Modi said India cannot depend on other nations for arms since during war, these nations can stop the supply.
"India should dream of exporting defence equipment instead of importing them," he said.
He said till the government was not patriotic, there was no guarantee of security.
He said that as a child, he wanted to study at the Sainik School in Jamnagar but his father dissuaded him from giving the entrance exam since their family was poor.
He then said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was an alumnus of the same school, and quipped that the Congress leader too had eaten the salt of Gujarat.
In his first rally after being chosen the prime ministerial candidate on Friday, the Gujarat chief minister told a massive rally of ex-soldiers in this Haryana town that promoting gun culture had done Pakistan no good over the last 60 years.
Rewari rally: Highlights | In pics
"The rulers in Pakistan should resolve that they will not allow terrorists to (operate) in Pakistan for 10 years, will not protect terrorists, and will not allow its soil to be the breeding ground for terrorists.
"I can say with authority that if this happens, Pakistan will see the progress that it has not seen in the last 60 years (since it got independence)," he said.
Narendra Modi during the ex-sevicemen rally in Rewari. Photo: PTI
"Earlier, the war used to take place on the border. But when you (Pakistan) could not defeat the Indian Army, you started going for killing innocent citizens.
"Killing innocents through cross border terrorism is neither going to help Pakistan nor India."
Amid cheers, Modi went on: "You cannot progress with anti-India tirade. You cannot progress on this basis... For you own interests and for the youth of your country, you should rethink the wrong path you have chosen in the last 60 years and step back."
Narendra Modi during a rally in Rewari. Photo: PTI
Thousands of people, including former soldiers, turned up for Modi's first public rally as the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate.
Modi said he felt more thrilled speaking at the rally than he felt when he was announced the BJP's PM candidate.
Sharing the dais were former army chief V.K. Singh and several retired military officers.
Attacking the Congress, Modi said there was a stench of vote bank politics in every nook and corner of the country.
He also said politicians should look at the armed forces as the best example of secularism in the country.
He said the government only discussed terrorism selectively. "But terrorism cannot be addressed selectively. Violence digs the grave of humanity," he said.
Modi said India cannot depend on other nations for arms since during war, these nations can stop the supply.
"India should dream of exporting defence equipment instead of importing them," he said.
He said till the government was not patriotic, there was no guarantee of security.
He said that as a child, he wanted to study at the Sainik School in Jamnagar but his father dissuaded him from giving the entrance exam since their family was poor.
He then said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was an alumnus of the same school, and quipped that the Congress leader too had eaten the salt of Gujarat.
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