It said the country is proud of Modi who believes in action and salutes him and the armed forces for the surgical strikes which targeted terror launch pads across the LoC.
"Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of 125 crore people. He is an MP from Uttar Pradesh. He does not need anybody's permission to visit anywhere. The whole country is proud of a PM who believes in work and action," BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said.
BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress have accused Modi of politicising the surgical strikes for political gains.
Sharma alleged that leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati and Akhilesh have been "unsuccessful" in their work and are frustrated with Modi's popularity.
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"He is a prime minister committed to rooting out terrorism and corruption. The people of UP and country are proud of him. These opposition leaders are frustrated and suffer from Modi phobia," he said.
India had long been defensive over terrorism and the prestige of its armed forces went up after they launched "for the first time" such surgical strikes which were earlier carried out by the likes of the US and Israel, he claimed.
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