{"id":17654,"date":"2024-05-18T15:43:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asia.businessupturn.com\/?p=17654"},"modified":"2024-05-18T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T10:13:28","slug":"pm-modi-targets-pakistans-economic-woes-says-pakistan-now-has-a-begging-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/south-asia\/india\/pm-modi-targets-pakistans-economic-woes-says-pakistan-now-has-a-begging-bowl\/17654\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi targets Pakistan\u2019s economic woes says Pakistan now \u201chas a begging bowl\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a combative stance against Pakistan while addressing an election rally in Ambala, Haryana. His fiery remarks painted Pakistan as a nation brought to its knees, contrasting it with India\u2019s rising strength under his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Modi portrayed Pakistan, India\u2019s longstanding regional rival, as a nation now reduced to pleading for assistance after decades of fomenting trouble. He stated that the country, which previously possessed nuclear weapons and proved a persistent thorn for India over the past 70 years, currently finds itself grasping at a \u201cbegging bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VIDEO | \u201cPakistan, which has been troubling India since last 70 years and had bombs in its hands, now has a begging bowl. The enemies shiver like this when there is a \u2018dhakad\u2019 government,\u201d says PM Modi (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a>) addressing an election rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ambala?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ambala<\/a>, Haryana.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhj9WYjfew\">pic.twitter.com\/mhj9WYjfew<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1791771068044042559?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Prime Minister\u2019s words were an unmistakable jab at Pakistan\u2019s current economic crisis and its recent appeals to global lenders and allied nations for financial aid and debt relief. His characterization implied Pakistan\u2019s diminished standing and desperation amid its economic woes.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the economic barbs, Modi\u2019s rhetoric also carried militaristic overtones. He proclaimed that enemies of India now \u201cshiver\u201d with trepidation in the face of his government\u2019s resolute and forceful posture, employing a Hindi term that can translate to \u201cformidable\u201d or \u201cassertive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments played into a longstanding nationalist narrative of Modi\u2019s BJP party that projects an image of muscular policy toward Pakistan and a refusal to back down against external threats. It aligns with the administration\u2019s recent aggressive diplomatic stance toward Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>While the Prime Minister\u2019s address primarily focused on local issues and development plans for Haryana state, his harsh rhetoric aimed at Pakistan appeared calibrated to rally supporters. With elections imminent, such sabre-rattling could resonate with BJP\u2019s base that favours an uncompromising approach against India\u2019s historically bitter rival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modi portrayed Pakistan, India\u2019s longstanding regional rival, as a nation now reduced to pleading for assistance after decades of fomenting trouble. He stated that the country, which previously possessed nuclear weapons and proved a persistent thorn for India over the past 70 years, currently finds itself grasping at a \u201cbegging bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":366,"featured_media":17658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[310,10039,449,85,5179,10771],"class_list":["post-17654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","tag-elections","tag-elections-2024","tag-india","tag-pakistan","tag-pm-modi","tag-rally"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}