New Delhi, February 25: In a direct attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the armed forces and national security suffered due to criminal negligence before his government came to power in 2014.
PM Modi dedicated the National War Memorial to the nation by lighting the eternal flame.
In an address to a group of ex-servicemen ahead of the inauguration of the war memorial, Modi said the previous dispensation put “the family first” while for him it was India first.
He said this while referring to the long delay in construction of the memorial proposed decades ago. The delay by previous governments in construction of national war memorial was an injustice to families of fallen soldiers, he said.
The Prime Minister said crucial decisions related to defence procurement and strengthening the armed forces were pending but his government cleared them on priority basis.
Addressing the ex-servicemen, he said the government will set up three super-specialty hospitals for them.
