Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused the Congress of letting go of Kartarpur Sahib to Pakistan during the country’s partition after Independence.
“When the country got independence, the line of partition was drawn on the chest of Punjab. At the time of partition, Congress leaders were in such a hurry to gain power that they let go of Shri Kartarpur Sahib. Our Prime Minister has constructed the Kartarput Sahib Corridor,” he said.
Lambasting the Congress, the Defence Minister said, “The Congress which has inflicted the biggest blow on democracy, that Congress is saying that democracy is being strangled in the country under the leadership of Modi ji. If democracy has ended in the country then how did you win elections in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan?”
Rajnath Singh was speaking at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) public outreach ‘Sampark Se Samarthan’ here, to mark the completion of nine years of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.
Speaking on Kartarpur Sahib, Rajnath Singh said, “If anyone has understood this pain for the first time, it was only Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Because of his efforts, Kartarpur Sahib has been reconnected with Punjab. People know better what BJP government has done in these nine years.”
