Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan being garlanded during Sankalp Rally, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Source: PTI Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi flanked by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Union Minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan being garlanded during Sankalp Rally, at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, Sunday, March 3, 2019. (Source: PTI Photo) In his first visit to Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, after coming to power in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress of “compromising national security”, saying demands of the defence sector were not addressed by previous governments. Launching a project for the manufacture of AK-203 rifles in Korwa, Modi said the forces would soon use ‘Made in Amethi’ rifles even as he took a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi, who has repeatedly accused the Centre of failing to create jobs through the ‘Make in India’ initiative. Earlier, at the Patna rally, Modi called for unity in the country’s fight against terrorism. Targetting the Opposition for questioning the government over Balakot air strikes, he said, “Rather than encouraging the forces, they’re doing and saying things that are making the enemies smile.”<doc-sep>Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Amethi on Sunday to set the ball rolling for various projects worth Rs 11, 856.47 crore in the Congress bastion. It will be Modi’s first visit as the PM to Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency. The PM is also scheduled to dedicate Indo-Russia Rifles Private Limited, a joint venture (JV) between an ordnance factory and a Russian firm. It will manufacture Kalashnikov rifles in the Korwa ordnance factory in Amethi. BJP leaders said, it would bring in local employment. Among the other projects are a steel processing unit in Jagdishpur worth Rs 9,200 crore, upgradation of Amethi bus station and reconstruction of depot workshop worth Rs 496.80 crore, construction of rest houses and shops at Amethi bus station, worth Rs 139 crore and construction of main building of primary health centre worth ₹167 crore. Congress leaders alleged the local administration was busy whitewashing the walls around Modi’s rally venue at Kauhar in Amethi. They claimed that the officials and BJP cadre cleaned the walls carrying slogans hailing local MP and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as ‘future PM’. In adjacent Rae Bareli — the Lok Sabha constituency of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi — hoardings carrying the slogan ‘toot jayega danka, phuss ho jayegi Priyanka (the hype won’t last as Priyanka Gandhi’s bubble would burst)’ have come up, Congress leaders said. “The BJP’s dirty tricks department is behind it. It’s clear that the BJP is getting desperate now,” said Congress leader Piyush Mishra. “We expect nearly 1.5 lakh people,” said senior party leader Govind Narayan Shukla. On May 5, 2014, Modi — then the BJP’s PM candidate — had broken the unwritten code of top leaders avoiding campaigning in constituencies of the counterparts of rival parties.<doc-sep>India has shown what women empowerment is: Modi India has shown what women empowerment is. Our defence minister, a woman, has shown to the world how to act in times of need: Modi Farm loan waiver announced by UPA govt was a farce: Modi Farm loan waiver announced by UPA govt was a farce. Only few people received the waiver anyway. Rest was appropriated by their relatives and brokers: Modi Land was taken for food park, but no industries came up: Modi Land was taken for food park. But no industries came up. Land was transferred in their name through the back door. Houses given to Dalits in 2008 started crumbling: Modi First Rafale jet on Indian skies soon: Modi They sat on Rafale deal for years. Now they do not want to see the deal through due to their benefit. But the first Rafale jet will be on Indian sky soon: Modi Earlier govt was least bothered about our armed forces: Modi Wasn’t it unfair not to provide latest weapons to our forces? That govt did not bother about our armed forces. People should be reminded how the govt delayed acquisition of bulletproof jackets for our forces. Who were these people who delayed production of weapons and acquisition of bulletproof jackets: Modi Last govt delayed arms factory in Amethi: Modi Our forces will use rifles made in Amethi. This work should have started 8-9 years ago. Our forces had then made a request to the govt mentioning their needs. This was the reason this factory was sanctioned. Those who cannot do this much, how can someone trust them? They could not even decide on the arms to be manufactured here. They could not decide upon the land to be allotted: Modi We have made ‘Made in Amethi’ a reality: Modi Thank Russian President Vladimir Putin for the joint venture. Possible in very short time due to him. Also thank Russian friends associated with the project. Some people roam all over the world and then in rallies, say ‘Made in Ujjain, Made in Indore’, etc. But we have made ‘Made in Amethi’ a reality: Modi Smriti Irani worked more than the candidate who won: Modi The rain god has been kind today. Amethi is an example of sabka saath sabka vikas. Those who voted for us and those who didn’t, they are all our people. Smriti Irani was your candidate. Though we could not win, but we won your hearts: Modi PM inaugurates projects in Amethi 17 projects worth Rs 538 crore inaugurated by PM Modi. Sitharaman reads out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement Welcome Russian-India entrepreneurship in manufacture of Kalashnikovs. For more than seven decades, we have been supplying defence products and technology to India: Sitharaman reads out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement. 2 lakh farmers in Amethi and Raebareli benefitted from PM’s schemes: Yogi 73,000 farmers in Amethi and 1.24 lakh farmers in Raebareli benefitted from Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme launched by PM Modi from Gorakhpur. Surgical strikes show that this is a new India: Yogi Terror attacks happened earlier too. But surgical strikes in Myanmar and after Uri has showed that this is a new India. Northeast is peaceful now: Yogi Yogi lists out achievements of NDA govt PM Modi has ensured that money is transferred directly to bank accounts of beneficiaries. Amethi was a VIP area, but cooking gas was not made available to women here: Yogi Swachh Bharat extended to Pakistan now: Yogi Adityanath Kumbh is becoming more and more successful. Since independence, no leader paid attention to Kumbh. But beliefs should always be respected. Under PM’s leadership, Kumbh was brought under Swachh Bharat. He is the first PM to wash the feet of sanitation workers. Swachh Bharat has now been extended to Pakistan where terror camps are being eliminated: Yogi Adityanath Defence company will produce AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles: Sitharaman My first trip to Amethi is because of the Indo-Russian collaboration between Indian Ordnance Board and Russia due to which the ordnance factory at Amethi’s Korwa was set up, says defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She says the company would produce AK-203 Kalashnikov rifles. Six UP cities will be connected to the UP defence corridor, she says. 1.25L people benefitted from Ayushman Bharat: Irani Smriti Irani says 1.25 lakh people benefitted from Ayushman Bharat scheme. More than 2.11 lakh women in Amethi got ‘izzat ghar’ (toilets), she says. BJP helped Amethi despite losing the seat: Smriti Irani Smriti Irani raises issue of a local Amethi woman who lost her son in foreign land. She said the woman found help from BJP but not from local MP. She says that in the last five years, despite losing Amethi, the BJP has continued to help Amethi. Irani accuses Rahul of derogatory language against Modi Smriti Irani accuses Congress president Rahul Gandhi of using derogatory language against PM Modi. Smriti Irani takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi PM Modi claps as Smriti Irani says that present on stage is India’s woman defence minister N Sitharaman despite the fact that the “Amethi MP” hurled abuses at her. PM Modi arrives in Amethi PM Narendra Modi arrives in Amethi along with UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, defence minister N Sitharaman and Union textile minister Smriti Irani. ‘Oppn wants to get rid of me, I want to get rid of terrorism’: PM Modi “Opposition tries to bring down Modi, while I insist on joining hands in countering terrorism and bringing an end to it,” said PM Narendra Modi at Patna rally. Opposition let soldiers down in hour of need: PM Modi “When there was a need to speak as one against terror-factories, 21 parties in Delhi came together to protest against the NDA. Citizens won’t forgive it. Rather than encouraging the forces, they’re doing and saying things that are making the enemies smile They let our soldiers down in the hour of need by questioning and seeking proof of IAF air strike on Jaish camps in Pakistan,” said PM Modi at NDA’s Sankalp rally in Patna. PM thanks Saudi crown prince for deciding to release 850 detained Indians<doc-sep>(With inputs from agencies) AK-203s will be made in Amethi: PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the AK-203 rifles to be manufactured in the newly-launched Kalashnikov rifles unit in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi will give an edge to our troops in the fight against terrorists and Maoists.Addressing a large gathering in Amethi on Sunday, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi , Modi said that AK-203, one of world's most modern guns, will be made in the Korwa Ordnance Factory in a joint venture between India and Russia.Expressing gratitude to his "friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin , Modi said the venture was made possible in such a short span of time due to his support.Taking on Gandhi on his home turf, Modi said that the Congress chief had laid the foundation stone of the factory back in 2007 and said that work will begin in 2010, but the then government could not decide what kind of weapon will be built at the unit. "Some people have the habit of forgetting the public after getting votes. They want to keep the poor in poverty so they can say 'gareebi hatao' generation after generation. We are giving strength to the poor to bring them out of poverty," the Prime Minister said.Attacking the previous UPA government, Modi said, "These people sat on Rafale deal for years and when it was time for their government to go, they pushed it into cold storage. ""When our government assumed office, we finalised it in one-and-a-half years ... and the first Rafale aircraft will be in our skies soon," he added. "In future, Amethi will not be known by the leaders who come here, but by the developmental projects undertaken here," he added.The 7.62x39 mm caliber AK-203 guns are the latest derivative of the legendary AK-47 rifle. India has signed a deal with a Russian firm to manufacture 750,000 of these assault rifles which would be given to the Army's infantry troops.According to officials, the guns would replace the existing India-made INSAS assault rifles in the Army, Air Force and Navy.<doc-sep>
Amethi, Mar 03: Prime minister Narendra Modi addressed a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of an ordnance factory unit in Amethi - the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi - in Uttar Pradesh. This is Modi's first visit to Amethi after coming to power in 2014. While addressing a rally Modi said,''I remember when I came here with Atalji in 1998. It was raining that day also and since have been visiting the city. After becoming PM I have the opportunity to meet you all again.'' [Would have managed same crowd at a Paan shop': Lalu Prasad on PM Modi's 'Sankalp' rally] ''Sab ka saath and sab ka vikas is our mantra. Those who voted for us and who did not, everyone belongs to us. After 5 years, I humbly say that Smriti Irani was a new face to the people in Amethi, but your love has made us popular and helped Smriti Irani to develop Amethi on a large scale'', Modi said. ''Amethi will be known through the new scheme now. Ak-203-- Kalahsnikov rifles will be manufactured in Amethi, it will Russia and India's joint venture. Joint venture has been possible only because of the efforts of President Putin, Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman,'' he further said. He also said,''the rifles made here will be exported to other countries also. It will create job opportunities and also strengthen the economy and country.'' [Russian AK-47/203 (Kalashnikov) rifles manufacturing factory to come up in UP's Amethi] The prime minster said,''Forces and their needs were neglected. The factory in Amethi will strengthen the country's defence and safety. Lack of modern rifles, lack of jobs have been major hindrances for Forces and also the youth.'' ''Between 2009 to 2014 -- bullet proof jackets were not purchased for our jawans. But our government took the initiative. 2,30,000 bullet proof jackets for the forces have been bought only by our government,'' Modi said in Amethi. Story continues Hitting out at the Opposition, Modi said,''They sat on Rafale for years. We are trying to bring in the jets and some people are trying to object to the purchase. Supreme Court too is supporting the government's decision on the Rafale deal.'' He also talked about new scheme for farmers which will benefit 12 lakh farmers. [Modi govt hiding failures behind terror attacks: Mayawati] Ahead of PM Modi's rally in Amethi, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Congress had done nothing for the region. "Those who should have been concerned about Amethi did not do anything. With efforts of PM Modi, now AK-203 modern rifles will be made at Korwa, Amethi. This is the fruit of the Prime Minister's efforts since the last one year," she said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Amethi said,''When 7,50,000 AK-203 rifles made here will be in the hands of our jawans, the condition of the enemies will be the same as it was after AirStrikes and SurgicalStrike.'' Modi accusing Opposition of demoralising troops is baffling: Mehbooba Mufti Yogi Adityanath slams Congress ahead of PM Modi’s Amethi visit PM Narendra Modi in Amethi today for the first time since 2014