Jalandhar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi played up Punjabi pride on Friday in his first rally in the state at Jalandhar after assembly elections were announced and directly attacked the Congress, calling it a sinking ship that Punjabis would not like to board. He obliquely referred to AAP as the party that was defaming Punjabi youth (by making claims about drug addiction) but did not directly name the party. The Prime Minister also praised chief minister Parkash Singh Badal for ensuring Hindu-Sikh unity in the state.
Modi told the large gathering that there would not be a single citizen anywhere in the country who has not had bread made from grains produced in Punjab. “But it is very sad that some people are not discussing important political issues and instead defaming Punjab. I want to tell young men of Punjab that those who defame the state across the world should be given such punishment that they don’t dare to point an accusing finger at it in the future,” he said.
