 "'Not even a single inch': Modi govt stopped Chinese encroachment, asserts Amit Shah")
India’s home minister Amit Shah asserted the Modi government’s commitment to protecting India’s borders during an election rally in Lakhimpur Tuesday.
Shah claimed that under the current government, China could not encroach “even a single inch” of Indian land, contrasting it with Jawaharlal Nehru’s response during the 1962 Chinese aggression when he allegedly neglected Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Shah highlighted the BJP-led government’s efforts in securing the border with Bangladesh and curbing infiltration. He criticised Nehru’s handling of the 1962 situation, stating that “During the Chinese aggression of 1962, Nehru had said ‘bye-bye’ to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. People of these states can never forget that,” Shah said.
“But now, China could not encroach even a single inch of our land. Even in Doklam, we pushed them back,” he added.
He said that Assam’s border with Bangladesh was earlier “open for infiltration”.
The Home Minister praised the current administration’s success in preventing Chinese encroachment, citing the example of Doklam where India pushed back Chinese forces. He also credited the government for sealing Assam’s border with Bangladesh, which was previously vulnerable to infiltration.
“Then the Modi government came at the Centre, and the Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government here. Now, we can say that infiltration has stopped,” Shah said.
He alleged that the previous Congress government in Assam did injustice to the state, and scores of youths were killed in different violent movements and insurgency-related incidents.
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View All“Under the Modi government in the last 10 years, peace accords were signed and 9,000 youths surrendered,” he said.
Shah noted that the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act has been withdrawn from 80 per cent of areas of the state.
“They signed the (Assam) Accord but did not fulfil the clauses. We signed the Bodo Accord and within two years, all clauses were fulfilled,” he said.
Hitting out at the Congress manifesto, Shah claimed that it favoured the Muslim personal law.
“Himanta Biswa Sarma has stopped child marriages. In Uttarakhand, there is the UCC,” he said, drawing a comparison.
Shah said the development of the Northeast is centre to the overall growth of the nation, and urged the people to vote for the NDA candidates in all the seats of the region.
“There are two alternatives before you – to vote for Rahul Gandhi and INDI Alliance, or vote for the Modi-led BJP,” he said, urging people to ensure a third term for the BJP-led government at the Centre.
With inputs from PTI
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