Cong resorting to anti-India, anti-Army rhetoric out of insecurity: Jitendra Singh

Union Minister Jitendra Singh Tuesday accused the Congress of resorting to "anti-India and anti-Army rhetoric" out of insecurity, and asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will never allow anti-nationals to succeed in their designs.

On the last day of campaigning ahead of the second phase of polling on April 18, Singh, who is seeking re-election from Udhampur, addressed a series of meeting here and claimed that the poll this time is no longer confined to just electing a member of Parliament.

"It is going to be a decisive battle to decide what kind of India we wish to leave for our children," he said.

"Congress, its allies and all those political parties and leaders who have ganged up against the BJP and Modi, are feeling so insecure that they have resorted to anti-India and anti-Army rhetoric," Singh said.

However, Modi will never allow anti-nationals to succeed in their designs, he asserted.

The Union Minister claimed the Congress has become so "rattled" after being voted out of