As the Lok Sabha election nears and tempearture and weather woes in north India rise, high-octane campaigning by politicians gains momentum and political temperature too shot up. On Sunday, when people of the desert state would have preferred to stay indoors, BJP leader Rajnath Singh held a rally in Bikaner.

Addressing the people, the defence minister gave the central government full marks and asserted that its track record was “fabulous” as for the BJP, people are supreme whereas for the Congress, a family is supreme. He said the saffrom party has kept all promises over the past 10 years and will fulfil all promises in time to come.“The track record of Modi ji’s politics has been fabulous. And it was fabulous because we treat people as supreme whereas the Congress treats a family supreme,” he said addressing a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Arjun Ram Meghwal in Kolayat in Bikaner.

Rajnath Slams Grand Old Party In Bikaner

“The Congress questions our Army. They ask for proof that they have carried out surgical strike. The whole world has got the proof, only the Congress is not getting it,” he said referring to the 2016 surgical strike. Backing the ‘One nation, one election’ initiative, he said it will save money, time and resources. “’One nation, one election’ will get support of people, but Congress habitually opposes it,” he said.

Addressing a press conference in Jaipur, the senior BJP leader dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee as 24-carat gold. “Modi’s guarantee is 24-carat pure gold whereas there is a distrust among people about the guarantees of the Congress,” he told reporters.

Rajnath Singh’s Remarks On India’s Defence Preparedness

The minister said the 10-year BJP rule has been golden from socio-economic, political, strategic, constitutional and cultural point of view. Elaborating on the defence challenges, the minister said there are challenges from the defence point of view, including cyber war and unconventional warfare.

“It is important that India be prepared for all this and we will work from this perspective. If India is strengthening from a defence point of view, it is not for attacking any country in the world but for its own security. India’s history has been that the nation has neither attacked any country in the world nor taken an inch of land. This has been the character of India,” Rajnath said.