PM Modi slams Cong for making 'dangerous' remarks amid Middle East crisis

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Sunday said the Centre is moving to guarantee the ongoing warfare successful the Middle East has minimal interaction connected India and that the information of Indians successful conflict-hit regions remains the government’s apical priority, portion accusing the Congress of making “dangerous” statements connected the contented for “political gains”.Addressing an NDA predetermination rally successful poll-bound Kerala's Palakkad, PM Modi said the authorities was intimately monitoring the conflict, peculiarly fixed the ample fig of Indians, including galore from Kerala, moving successful the Gulf and different affected regions.“At this time, everyone’s attraction is connected the warfare going connected successful Middle East. Our authorities is continuously moving to guarantee that its interaction connected India is minimal,” PM Modi said.

He added that protecting Indian citizens remained the BJP-led NDA government’s priority.

'In changeless interaction with the heads of each these countries'

PM Modi said helium had been successful changeless interaction with leaders of countries affected by the struggle since the warfare began and that Indian missions were operating continuously to assistance citizens successful the region.“Since the opening of the war, I person been successful changeless interaction with the heads of each these countries. All nations are giving precedence to the information of Indians stranded successful the struggle zones,” helium said.

“To guarantee that our brothers and sisters determination bash not look immoderate hardship, Indian embassies are besides moving time and night. The extortion of Indians’ interests is the apical precedence for the BJP-NDA government,” helium added.PM Modi said galore radical from Kerala were moving successful the war-affected areas and that the authorities was trying to minimise the conflict’s interaction connected India.

Targets Congress implicit remarks connected 'sensitive issue'

The Prime Minister utilized the Middle East situation to sharpen his onslaught connected the Congress, alleging that its remarks connected the contented could endanger Indians surviving successful Gulf countries.“You indispensable besides retrieve the benignant of statements the Congress is making connected this delicate contented -- they are dangerous. Congress wants the lives of astir 1 crore Indians surviving successful Gulf countries to beryllium enactment astatine risk, truthful that it tin summation governmental vantage from it,” PM Modi said.The premier curate besides launched a beardown onslaught connected Kerala’s 2 main governmental fronts — the LDF and UDF — accusing them of corruption, vote-bank authorities and mediocre governance.“For decades the LDF and the UDF person unneurotic looted Kerala... successful this arrangement, our Kerala has remained trapped,” PM Modi said.He besides said, “Keralam has been trapped for decades betwixt the 2 masks of selfish politics. On 1 side, LDF, connected the different UDF, connected 1 broadside Communists, connected the different Congress, 1 corrupt, the different mega-corrupt, 1 communal, the different mega-communal.”PM Modi claimed that the BJP-NDA was emerging arsenic a credible alternate successful the authorities and said Kerala was “sending a connection of change”.Kerala Assembly elections volition beryllium held successful a azygous signifier connected April 9, with counting scheduled for May 4.The existent 140-member Assembly’s tenure is acceptable to extremity connected May 23, and astir 2.7 crore electors are expected to vote.