On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Gujarat’s tribal groups while warning them about “Urban Naxals who are trying to penetrate the state” by adopting a new appearance. The Prime Minister warned the populace to “warn their children” about the Urban Naxals’ “effort to destroy the country” and said that they are “luring the youth.” In Amod, Bharuch, on Monday, PM Modi laid the cornerstone for numerous projects totalling more than Rs 8,000 crore and dedicated them to the nation.

“These Naxalite-minded people first tried their best to stop Sardar Sarovar Dam, and now these Urban Naxals are trying to enter with a new look. They have changed costumes, luring energetic youth,” PM Modi made a subtle jab at the Aam Aadmi Party, which is also running in the state’s forthcoming Assembly elections while speaking at the event.

“Naxalism started in Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra, Telangana and Gadchiroli in Maharashtra. Naxalism destroyed the lives of our tribal youth. Guns were put in their hands, provoking them to play the game of death. I do not want to allow Naxalism to enter Gujarat, I have to save my tribal brothers and sisters, I should not let this type of disease enter their lives, so, from Umargam, I did development till Ambaji,” he added.

PM Modi thanked the tribal population and added that the urban naxals are “setting foot from above,” noting that Gujarat’s tribal population prevented the spread of naxalism in the region. “I have to say with satisfaction that my words were accepted by the tribal brothers and sisters. The result was that Naxalism could not enter Gujarat through that route. For that, I express my gratitude to my tribal brothers and sisters. But now Urban Naxals are setting foot from above,” he stated.

Putting the charge that the Urban Naxals have taken the initiative to “destroy the country”, PM Modi said they are the “agents of foreign forces”. “We should warn our children that Urban Naxals have taken the initiative to destroy the country. They have come as agents of foreign forces. Gujarat will never bow down in front of them,” the Prime Minister stated.

The Prime Minister also recalled an incident in which some miscreants prevented Bharuch from developing. He spoke, “When we came to power in 2014 and Gujarat felt the double-engine power of Narendra and Bhupendra, all obstructions were uprooted.” The Prime Minister pointed out the obstructions created by Urban Naxals during the development of the Sardar Sarovar Dam.

The Bulk Drug Park at Jambusar, the Deep Sea Pipeline Project at Dahej, Phase 1 of the Ankleshwar Airport, and the construction of Multilevel Industrial Sheds at Ankleshwar and Panoli were all inaugurated earlier in the day with the laying of the foundation stones. The GACL Plant, the Bharuch Underground Drainage, and the IOCL Dahej Koyali Pipeline are just a few of the projects that the prime minister devoted in order to help Gujarat’s chemicals industry.