‘Kattas’ made under SP rule to be replaced by BrahMos missiles under BJP: Rajnath
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Lucknow Union defence minister Rajnath Singh said here on Wednesday that gone were the days when poor law and order in the state was a major concern for citizens, during the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party rule. During chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s tenure, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) broke the backbone of criminals.“The Yogi government did not hesitate to bulldoze illegal buildings and palaces made by criminals and ensured no rich people could own those properties. Instead, the government got houses constructed for the poor on such land,” said the defence minister who was in Lucknow to campaign in Malihabad and Mohanlalganj area for BJP candidates. Singh said, “During SP rule, UP only saw ‘kattas’ (countrymade firearms) being manufactured and used. Now this area will be manufacturing BrahMos missiles so that no other country has the audacity to cast an evil eye on our nation.”“We have given a message to the entire world that India is not a weak country. India now has the power to kill its enemies within its boundaries and outside too,” Rajnath said. He mounted a collective attack on the Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party and said all these achievements had not gone down well with the opposition parties. He pointed out that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had always fulfilled the promises made in the party’s manifesto. Singh said, “By abrogating Article 370, e BJP fulfilled its decade-old promise. We have started the work of constructing a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya.”He also said the BJP got water pipelines laid to save women from fetching water from long distances and cited the benefits of the Ayushman scheme under which people get free treatment anywhere in the country for up to ₹5 lakh. Rajnath lauded PM Modi, saying when Covid-19 broke out, the vaccine was not available in India. “But PM Modi ensured that vaccines were manufactured in India. We are now exporting.Covid-19 vaccines to many other countries. And at a time when the US struggled to contain Covid-19, we have successfully carried out vaccination of a large population of India which is commendable.”