Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday strongly backed the resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan, asserting that peaceful engagement is the only way to resolve outstanding issues.
The question remains even today: on what legal basis can the Jana Sangh or the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh conclusively be called fascist? They were accused of being anti-democratic and anti-constitutional, but these accusations were never decisively established in legal terms.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have paid off and the country's name is now flying high in the world.
After inaugurating the Rashtriya Prerna Stha and unveiling the statues of Jan Sangh founder Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in Lucknow, Mr Modi said the BJP's values teach respect for everyone which no one can expect from the Congress or the Samajwadi Party.
Singh became Chief Minister of Punjab in 2002 and continued until 2007. At the same time, Vajpayee was the PM from 1999 to 2004.
Today, PM Modi surpassed late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure who served for 2268 days in his combined terms.
Dr Singh, while addressing the inaugural function of the year-long birth centenary celebrations of the late Prime Minister organised by the Congress's Telangana unit, said he is particularly happy that the programme coincides with the presentation of the first budget of Rao's government by him in 1991.
PM Modi laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University in Lucknow.
Organised by the health Department, in association with the Narayan Seva Sansthan (NSS), the Mela offers services that include maternal health, child health, immunisation, family welfare and leprosy diseases.
'The words of Vajpayee were powerful, but his silence had even more power,' said PM Modi.
