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PM Modi warns terror groups as India remembers 26/11 Mumbai attack victims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution is fully implemented in Jammu and Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday promised a ‘befitting reply’ to every terror organisation challenging the security of the country.
“We cannot forget that today is also the anniversary of the terror attack in Mumbai. Those who lost their lives, I pay my homage to them. I also want to reiterate the resolution of the country - all those terrorist organisations challenging the security of India will get befitting reply,” the prime minister said during his address on Constitution Day at the Supreme Court.
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On this day in 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists from Pakistan entered Mumbai via sea and carried out coordinated attacks across multiple high-profile locations, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel, CST Railway Station, and Nariman House. As many as 166 people lost their lives and over 300 were injured in the biggest terror attack on Indian soil.
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PM Modi invokes 1975 Emergency
During his address, the prime minister invoked the Emergency proclaimed in 1975.
“We have seen the Emergency in the country - our Constitution has faced this challenge that arose before democracy. It's the power of the constitution, that today, in Jammu & Kashmir, Babasaheb Ambedkar's Constitution is fully implemented. Today, for the first time, Constitution Day is celebrated there (in J&K),” he said.
PM Modi said,"Today it looks easy that people have access to tap water, but even after 75 years of independence, only 3 crore houses had this facility... in the original copy of the constitution, lord Ram, mother Sita...have their images in it."
“The images symbolising Indian culture are there so that they can keep us reminded about human values. These human values are the foundation of policies and decisions of today's India,” he said.
“Sentiment of 'nation first' will keep Constitution alive for many centuries,” he said.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)
