"Only CM Modi can question PM Modi", say netizens as old video of him on terror lapses resurfaces
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Mumbai: An old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, filmed during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister in 2012, has gone viral, showing him sharply questioning then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over border security lapses that allowed terrorists to enter India. The clip is circulating widely on social media in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
“Where do these terrorists and naxalites get their ammunition? It comes from foreign lands, yet you control our borders—so at least secure them properly,” Modi questioned while addressing a rally at the BJP National Executive Meet in Mumbai. He urged the government to focus on what it could control, specifically stopping the flow of goods from abroad that ultimately arm terrorists.
“Can’t the Prime Minister even supervise the flow of funds that reach terrorists through hawala channels from foreign countries into India?” the then Chief Minister—now Prime Minister—asked in the clip, which has garnered over 100,000 views. He emphasised that this responsibility rested with the Prime Minister.
He went on to ask how, despite the Prime Minister’s authority over coastal security and the Navy, such individuals could still infiltrate the country, insisting that the Prime Minister must address these lapses.
“The Government of India controls all communications, including telephone and email. They can intercept these channels to monitor terrorist use and prevent attacks,” Modi said, adding that he had raised this question with the Prime Minister but had not received an answer.
Netizens were quick to point out what they see as a double standard: the current Prime Minister has neither held a press conference nor taken responsibility for the security lapse since the Pahalgam attack. One user dismissed the discrepancy with “Bipolar disorder,” while another quipped, “Modi is present in all dimensions; he controls parallel universes and questions himself; he has the ability to transform both as interviewer and the interviewee!”
Another commenter contrasted Modi’s record as Chief Minister—when he freely grilled the Prime Minister—with his current approach: asking probing questions then but refusing to field any now.
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TN polls: TVK pushes DMK behind with leads in 83 seats, AIADMK ahead in 54
Chennai (PTI): New entrant TVK, led by actor-politician Vijay, was leading in as many as 83 constituencies on Monday when counting of votes polled in the April 23 Assembly polls was on across Tamil Nadu. The AIADMK was leading in 58 seats while the ruling DMK was ahead in 34, EC data showed.
About two hours after the postal ballots were counted and EVMs opened for multi-round counting, Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam surged ahead of its Dravidian rivals-- the DMK and the AIADMK, with the ruling party struggling to catch up.
If the trends maintain, Vijay could as well ensure the biggest electoral upset, something in lines with the "1967,1977" wins he had referred to in his campaign speeches.
While the Dravidian stalwart CN Annadurai brought the first non-Congress government in Tamil Nadu post-independence in 1967, the charismatic MG Ramachandran (MGR) installed the maiden AIADMK government 10 years later, unseating then DMK government under M Karunanidhi. TVK was leading in most Chennai segments, all considered DMK strongholds and currently represented by the party in the 234-member House.
A poor show by DMK could belie most exit polls giving an edge to it, riding on the number of populist measures Chief Minister M K Stalin had implemented in his five year "Dravidian model," inclusive governance.
According to EC and TV reports, 15 cabinet ministers, including Stalin were trailing. His son and deputy CM Udhayanidhi was also behind in his incumbent Chepauk-Tirvuvallikeni seat, according to a number of reports.
Stalin was trailing behind TVK's VS Babu by 1234 votes in Kolathur segment. Vijay was ahead in Tiruchirappalli East by over 3,000 votes at the end of two rounds of counting, according to EC data.
BJP is trailing in 26 constituencies and it is ahead in Thali segment alone. TVK is ahead in constituencies including Ponneri, Tiruvallur, Poonamalle, and Avadi.
AIADMK is leading in segments including Katpadi, and Guidyattam and party chief Edappadi K Palaniswami is ahead in Edappadi segment by 7003 votes.
DMK was leading in segments including Vellore, Anaikattu and Rishivandiyam.
