Nadda flags off party’s ‘Shaheed Samman Yatra’
The Hindu
He accuses Cong. of misleading forces
BJP president JP Nadda flagged off his party’s “Shaheed Samman Yatra” from the defence personnel-dominated Sawad village in poll-bound Uttarakhand on Monday and accused the Congress of misleading the armed forces over their demand for “One Rank One Pension” for decades.
Addressing a public meeting in Sawad on the occasion of the launch of the yatra, Mr. Nadda said no defence equipment were purchased for over 20 years when the Congress was in power at the Centre and the process of strengthening and modernising the armed forces began only when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of power.
“Under the leadership of Modi, the country has bought 36 Rafale fighters , 28 Apache helicopters, 15 Chinook helicopters, 145 ultra-light howitzers, 1.86 crore bulletproof jackets and five lakh AK-203 rifles,” he said.