Family members of Army officer Col. Sofiya Qureshi shower flower petals on PM Narendra Modi :::: “country that came into existence after Partition lives on hatred for India”

Family members of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi shower flower petals on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a roadshow in Vadodara.

Col Sofiya was part of the media briefing team on Operation Sindoor. 

“Today is May 26; I became Prime Minister for the first time on this day in 2014,” Narendra Modi told the large gathering.

He further thanked the citizens for their warm reception and blessings.

"Thank you, Vadodara! Extremely delighted to be in this great city. It was a splendid roadshow and that too in the morning! Gratitude to all those who showered their blessings," PM Modi said, taking to X.

PM inaugurates Indian Railways' first 9,000 HP electric locomotive engine; unveils Dahod's loco workshop 

The BJP is using the Modi-swearing anniversary to project the “new India”  rooted in self-reliance, fight against terror, national security and inclusive growth.

The inauguration of a state-of-the-art electric locomotive manufacturing facility in Dahod was a major highlight of the day's programme. 

The plant, part of Indian Railways’ larger modernisation push, will produce 9,000 horsepower engines equipped with regenerative braking, that can be key to reducing the railways' carbon footprint. 

PM Modi also flagged off the Ahmedabad-Veraval Vande Bharat Express and a new Valsad-Dahod express train, taking the number of operational Vande Bharat routes to 70. 

 "Our government's policy is to take development to areas that have remained backward," he said, positioning Dahod, which is a tribal-majority region, as a future engine of industrial progress.

The newly inaugurated projects form part of a Rs 24,000 crore infrastructure package for Gujarat, including state and central government initiatives.

Modi flayed Pakistan saying that “the country that came into existence after Partition lives on hatred for India”.

Referring to Pakistan’s “only aim” as being “enmity with India and the urge to harm Bharat”, he set a confrontational tone ahead of the general elections.

Modi cited Operation Sindoor and gave away warning to those who harm Indian women. “If anyone dares to remove the sindoor of our sisters, then their end is near,” he said.

Needless to add, there was huge and loud applause from the crowd. 

“India's goals are to remove poverty, bring about economic development and become a developed nation....Everything we need for our country's progress must be made right here in India,” he declared.

PM Modi is on a two-day tour of Gujarat on May 26 and 27.