Global oil and gas supplies have been disrupted due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Meanwhile, addressing an event in Assam, PM Modi said that India has the potential to meet the world’s energy needs. He also accused the Congress party of spreading rumors about the supply of oil and LPG gas.
PM Modi said, “In independent India, we have seen time and again that whenever conflicts broke out in other parts of the world and supply chains were disrupted, it was our farmers who had to bear the brunt. Sometimes fertilizers became expensive; sometimes diesel and energy prices skyrocketed—and all this was because for decades the Congress Party kept the country dependent on other countries. This always increased the cost of farming. In the last decade, The BJP-NDA government has taken another important initiative with the aim of self-reliance. We have actively promoted self-reliance to protect our agriculture sector from external crises.
India can meet global energy needs: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The BJP-NDA government has worked diligently to develop our refineries and increase our refining capacity. Today, India is a nation that is capable of meeting not only its own energy needs, but also the needs of the wider world.” PM Modi further alleged that in this time of conflict, the Congress party is actively engaged in spreading rumors within the country.
He further said, “Today, the Congress has once again proved that under any circumstances, they have no integrity towards the country. Even amidst the crises created by the ongoing conflict, Congress members are completely focused on spreading rumors and spreading malicious propaganda. I would like to give a suggestion to my colleagues in the Congress Party: do just one thing—listen to the speeches given by Pandit Nehru from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August.”
Congress is misleading the country: PM Modi
PM Modi said, “Once, speaking from the Red Fort, Pandit ji had said that inflation was rising in India because of the conflict going on between North and South Korea. Consider the geographical location of North and South Korea, and yet, Nehru ji was attributing the rise in domestic inflation to that conflict. Today, members of the Congress Party are similarly engaged in misleading the country. The entire world is witnessing firsthand what impact global crises have on various economies. Is.”