"The Congress leadership in the state and at the Centre had mortgaged the honour and dignity of the electorate simply to stay in power," BJP candidate from the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat Jatinder Singh told a rally in Udhampur district today.
He urged the people to vote against the assault on nationalism and respond "decisively to the injury and insult afflicted on our national pride" by yesterday's terror attacks in Dayalachak.
"In such a deadly situation, (BJP prime ministerial candidate) Narendra Modi has arrived as a rescuer but if we fail to seize this opportunity, we shall be doomed forever and our children will never forgive us," he said.
He said that there were certain specific issues concerning the region and that it also deserved to be developed as an important tourist destination.
On the Rs 25,000-crore Roshni scam involving land, Singh said if his party came to power a probe would be ordered into it.