PM Modi warned that urban Naxalism is gaining international influence and working against India while addressing BJP workers after Nitin Nabin was sworn-in as the new party chief. He also flagged infiltrators as a major national security challenge
PM Modi with BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Tuesday. (Pic/PTI)
While addressing the party workers during the swearing-in ceremony of new BJP President Nitin Nabin, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi raised concerns over the growing influence of urban Naxalism, saying it has increasingly acquired international dimensions and continues to work against India, news agency ANI reported.
"Another major challenge is urban Naxalism. The scope of urban Naxalism is becoming international. If they tweet something positive about Modi even once or twice a year, or say something positive on TV, or write something positive in a newspaper, some journalists humiliate them so much that they are hounded and made untouchable. They are silenced so that they can never speak again. This is the method of urban Naxalism," he said at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi.
PM Modi further highlighted that for years, such groups isolated the BJP and treated party members as untouchables across the country.
"Now the country is understanding the actions of these urban Naxals. Urban Naxals are continuously working to harm India,” he said.
PM Modi on infiltrators
PM Modi also warned about infiltrators across the country, saying, "We must continue to face every challenge with our full strength. Today, a very significant challenge before the country is that of infiltrators. No one in the world accepts infiltrators in their country, and India too cannot allow infiltrators to rob its poor and youth of their rights."
Slamming the Opposition parties during his address, PM said that political parties that are "protecting" infiltrators for the "sake of vote-bank politics must be fully exposed before the public with all our might".
"Infiltrators pose a very serious threat to the country's security; identifying them and sending them back to their countries is extremely necessary," he added.
BJP gets new chief
Nabin formally took charge as the national president of the BJP earlier on Tuesday. Along with PM Modi, the ceremony was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, outgoing BJP National President JP Nadda, several other party leaders, and chief ministers from BJP-ruled states.
Nabin, who hails from Bihar, is a senior Indian politician, a five-time member of the Legislative Assembly, and a former minister in the government of Bihar. He is widely recognised for his sustained organizational acumen and administrative experience.
(With inputs from ANI)
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