Jaipur, July 17: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said a strong message has gone out to the world that no one should mess with India’s citizens, its borders, or its defence forces, and those who do so will have to face consequences.
Referring to Operation Sindoor carried out to destroy terrorist camps in Pakistan after the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done the biggest job of securing the country. During the Congress rule, the country had to face terror attacks almost every day.
“When the Uri attack occurred, Modi took decisive action, and a surgical strike was carried out. Following the Pulwama attack, an airstrike was conducted. And when an attack took place in Pahalgam, Operation Sindoor was launched, targeting terrorists within Pakistan and eliminating them,” he said.
Shah, who is also the minister for cooperation, was here to attend an event on the occasion of the International Cooperatives Year 2025.
“Modi’s actions sent a strong message globally. Through them, Modi conveyed a powerful message to the world that India’s citizens, armed forces, and borders should not be messed with. Anyone who dares to do so has to face consequences,” he said.
Under Modi’s leadership, the country has become fourth fourth-largest economy in the world, and 27 crore people were lifted above the poverty line, the Union minister told the gathering.
He noted the NDA government’s achievements in the last 11 years, including providing houses, toilets, gas, electricity, and free rations to 60 crore poor individuals across the country.
He said Rajasthan was suffering due to paper leaks. By forming an SIT. Bhajanlal government has sent a strong message to the paper leak mafia,” he said.
Under Sharma’s leadership, Rajasthan signed MoUs worth Rs 35 lakh crore during an investment summit, and work has already commenced on MoUs worth Rs 3 lakh crore, Shah said.
“MoUs worth Rs 35 lakh crores were signed during the Rajasthan Global Investors’ Summit. In the last 11 years, the Modi government has provided houses, toilets, gas, electricity, and free rations to 60 crore poor individuals across the country. All these schemes are being implemented well in Rajasthan under Bhajanlal ji’s government,” Shah said.
The BJP government in the state decreased VAT on petrol and diesel, and several other initiatives were taken, he went on to say. He also praised the state government for effectively implementing schemes and programmes of the central government.
Shah lauded the contributions made by the cooperative sector in the country’s development over the last century and said that the next 100 years are the years of cooperatives.
“With the vision of reaching every corner of the nation, Modi established a Ministry of Cooperation at the central level. Today, cooperatives play an active role in 98 per cent of rural areas,” he said.
Highlighting the sector’s contribution to the economy, he said the ministry launched 61 initiatives in the last four years to strengthen the sector.