
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government managed to contain terrorism to only "two and a half" districts in Jammu and Kashmir and that no bomb blast took place elsewhere in the country in last five years.
Modi was speaking at an election rally at Amreli in Gujarat.
On Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's statement of trying to approach India after the Balakot air strike, Modi said the leader "had to make a public plea to us to pick up the phone".
Hitting out at the previous Congress-led governments in the country, he said had the Sardar Sarovar project been completed 40 years ago, Gujarat would have been much better.
He also thanked the people of Gujarat for the 'grooming' he received in the state.
''What I learnt in Gujarat helped me during Doklam standoff with China in 2017,'' Modis said.
Modi also said that Sardar Patel's statue was intended to disrespect Nehru.