We must not forget what happened with Punjab: PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, during his speech in Rajya Sabha, recalled the painful incidents of Punjab including the 1984 riots and partition.

PM Modi said that "We must not forget what happened with Punjab as it suffered the most during partition, it cried the most during 1984 riots."

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PM Narendra Modi stated that "They became victims of most painful incidents. Innocents were killed in Jammu and Kashmir. The business of weapons was carried out in the northeast. All this affected the nation."

"This country is proud of every Sikh," said PM Narendra Modi during his speech in Rajya Sabha.

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"What have they not done for this country? Whatever respect we give them will always be less. I've been fortunate to spend crucial years of my life in Punjab. The language used by some for them and attempt to mislead them will never benefit the nation, he said.

He further said that "The nation was making progress and we were talking about FDI but I see that a new FDI has come to the fore. We have to protect the nation from this new FDI. We need Foreign Direct Investment but the new FDI is 'Foreign Destructive Ideology', we have to protect ourselves from it."

Also, he said that "India's nationalism is neither narrow nor selfish and not even aggressive. This is inspired by the values of 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram'. This quotation was given by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose."

-PTC News