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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: India needs chowkidars, not dynasts, says PM Modi in his address at Talkatora Stadium
KV Prasad Jun 13, 2022, 06:35 AM IST (Published)
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Upping his ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed about 5,000 people who have pledged their support to the campaign. In his address at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, Modi slammed the opposition for mocking ‘chowkidars’ (watchmen). He said that India needed ‘chowkidars’ and not ‘dynasts’. “Chowkidar is not about …
Upping his ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed about 5,000 people who have pledged their support to the campaign.
In his address at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, Modi slammed the opposition for mocking ‘chowkidars’ (watchmen). He said that India needed ‘chowkidars’ and not ‘dynasts’. “Chowkidar is not about a uniform, it is about spirit,” he said.
Expressing his confidence, Modi said that people will give him the opportunity to serve the country again.
“I had said my effort would be not to allow the public money to be clawed in. As a watchman, I will discharge my responsibility,” he added.
On the Balakot air strikes, he said he took the decision as he thought that “the game” should be played from where terrorism is being remote-controlled.
He added that Pakistan was in a fix because if it acknowledges the air strikes, it will have to accept that there was a terror camp there.
“They have been saying that there are no terror camps. Now they have to hide it. They are not allowing anybody to go there. We’ve been told Balakot area is being reconstructed by Pakistan to show that a school is being run there so that people can be taken there and shown that no terror camp existed there,” he said.
Those abusing Modi on Balakot air strikes are helping Pakistan with their statements, he said.
The event was beamed across the country at 500 places where gatherings of BJP workers, professionals, watchmen, traders, farmers among others interacted with him through video-conferencing.
(With inputs from agencies)
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