<div align="justify">Citing concerns on the national security front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a weak and callous government in Punjab will plunge the entire nation into a crisis given the vulnerability of Punjab’s borders to terror from Pakistan. Modi said this at a rally seeking votes for the SAD-BJP alliance ahead of Assembly elections on February 4. The prime minister said Pakistan waits for an opportunity to use Punjab soil to destabilise India. <br /><br />In an oblique reference to the AAP he said, “If we form a bahari (outsider) government or an aaram pasand (easygoing) government here, it will not only damage Punjab but will push the entire nation into crisis.”<br /><br />In an attempt to dilute the anti-incumbency against the ruling Akali-BJP combine, Modi said the Congress-led Manmohan Singh government at the Centre did not let the Badal government function properly for eight years.<br /><br /> “I thought that with a Sardar PM and a Sardar CM, Punjab would get everything, but for eight years the Congress created hurdles for the Badal government to function,” he said.<br /><br />The prime minister accused the Congress of labelling Sikhs and Punjabis first as terrorists during the dark days of militancy and later as drug addicts.<br /><br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Citing concerns on the national security front, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a weak and callous government in Punjab will plunge the entire nation into a crisis given the vulnerability of Punjab’s borders to terror from Pakistan. Modi said this at a rally seeking votes for the SAD-BJP alliance ahead of Assembly elections on February 4. The prime minister said Pakistan waits for an opportunity to use Punjab soil to destabilise India. <br /><br />In an oblique reference to the AAP he said, “If we form a bahari (outsider) government or an aaram pasand (easygoing) government here, it will not only damage Punjab but will push the entire nation into crisis.”<br /><br />In an attempt to dilute the anti-incumbency against the ruling Akali-BJP combine, Modi said the Congress-led Manmohan Singh government at the Centre did not let the Badal government function properly for eight years.<br /><br /> “I thought that with a Sardar PM and a Sardar CM, Punjab would get everything, but for eight years the Congress created hurdles for the Badal government to function,” he said.<br /><br />The prime minister accused the Congress of labelling Sikhs and Punjabis first as terrorists during the dark days of militancy and later as drug addicts.<br /><br /><br /></div>
