PM Modi Attacks Amarinder For Skipping VP's Jallianwala Bagh Event
Kathua , April 14, 2019 : PM Narendra Modi today directly attacked Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh for skipping the function organised in memory of martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh held at Amtisar yesterday and presided over by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu.Modi blamed Captain for insulting the programme but at the same time he said he did not question the patriotism of Amarinder Singh.
Modi was addressing a rally at Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir today in support of Union Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh, who is seeking re-election from Udhampur Lok Sabha seat
Modi said that whole nation was remembering the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh yesterday. But on this day too, the Congress played politics. Yesterday, the nation's Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu went to the Jallianwala Bagh n Amritsar and paid homage to the victims. But during this event organised by the government, Congress leader and Punjab chief minister was absent. He bycotted the function He insulted the programme, because he is too busy in the 'bhakti' (devotion) of the Congress. .
" I have known Captain Amarinder Singh since many years and I have never questioned his patriotism. But now I understand how much pressure is being put on him that he had to become a devout of one family. Even the Captain had to bow down to it (the pressure). Wasn't it an insult of martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh? questioned Modi .