JODHPUR/BARMER: BJP president Amit Shah hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that the Modi government turned the surgical strikes into a political asset, claiming that Rahul’s statement was an “insult to martyrs” of Uri.“You people are happy that Modi ji avenged the deaths of our soldiers of Uri but this Rahul Baba was just telling people that he (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) did the surgical strikes to win Uttar Pradesh polls. Shame on him,” he said addressing an election rally in Jodhpur’s Phalodi assembly constituency on Saturday.He said that the UPA government led by the Congress did not have the guts to avenge the killings of soldiers. "You will not realise it Rahul baba that what difference this surgical strike has made. Every soldier of the country whether he is from Rajasthan, Gujarat or Punjab or Kashmir, has a feeling that his government stands behind them," he said in the poll-bound state.Shah was referring to Rahul Gandhi's remarks in Udaipur where he said the Prime Minister exploited the surgical strikes of 2016 to prevent defeat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls last year. He had also claimed that the UPA government did three similar strikes but kept them a secret."Pakistan sent 10 terrorists in Uri and burnt 10 of our soldiers alive. Entire country was in shock that what will we do now. But this time, this was not the government of 'Mauni Baba' Manmohan Singh, but the government of Narendra Modi, elected by you people."This was not the government of Congress but of Bharatiya Janata Party. And within 10 days, Modi government ordered the soldiers, who avenged the deaths of our soldiers through surgical strike by entering into their own land," Shah said.Appealing to the people in the gathering to vote for BJP, Shah claimed that BJP has unleashed an unprecedented development in Rajasthan and they should break the custom of alternating between Congress and BJP every term for the sake of uninterrupted development. Comparing between the BJP and Congress, Shah said that one side there is a band of patriots led by an apt and progressive leader Narendra Modi, whereas the other side, there are those who misuse the power. “It is up to you that what kind of government you want. The one of patriots or the one of power misusers”, Shah asked adding that the BJP has always met the expectations of the people.He further said that BJP was fighting election under the leadership of Vasundhara Raje but Congress has no face.

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