Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Monday termed as "highly irresponsible" the remarks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on nuclear arsenal, saying the statement was made with an eye on the polls.
He appealed to the people to support the Congress' 'jung' (war) to protect the country, which the BJP-led government at the Centre has plunged into a state of "ruin and devastation".
Modi, at an election rally in Rajasthan's Barmer, Sunday said India is no more afraid of nuclear threats of Pakistan.
"Otherwise, Pakistan used to give nuclear threats. What do we have? Have we kept it for 'Diwali'? (Warna aay din nuclear button hai, ye kehte the. Hamare paas kya hai? Ye Diwali ke liye rakha hai kya)," the prime minister had said.
Singh said, "The prime minister's threat to trigger a nuclear war, clearly as a tool to be re-elected, was highly irresponsible."
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