Continuing his attack on the erstwhile Congress regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the previous government did nothing to strengthen the country's armed forces and improving the security apparatus.

The PM, while addressing a huge public rally in poll-bound Haryana's Rewari, said, ''Earlier govt (Congress) was going to shut Tejas aircraft in a box, today the same aircraft is ready to serve Air Force and the Navy.''

The PM said that after coming to power, the BJP-led NDA government took immediate steps to boost the morale of the armed forces and strengthen the security mechanism of the country.

''After coming to power, we started a mission to strengthenour forces. Today, advanced submarines to advanced fighter aircraft like Rafale, they are part of our armed forces,'' the PM said in Rewari.

Further attacking the Congress-led UPA regime for being too soft on terrorism, the PM said, ''Earlier there used to be bomb blasts in the country, did they stop or not? Now, terrorist are being killed by enteringtheir homes. Those who nurture terrorism are crying in front of the world.''

Before coming to Rewari, the PM addressed a rally in theSirsa district of Haryana.

Addressing a huge gathering of BJP supporters, the PM said,''The distance between Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan and Guru Nanak's followersis going to vanish.''

"The distance between Kartarpur Sahib and us (GuruNanak`s followers) is going to end. This opportunity has come after sevendecades of Independence," he said on Saturday, the last day of campaigningin Haryana.

"Seventy years passed. What can be more unfortunatethan the fact that we had to use binoculars to have a glimpse of our centre offaith for seven decades," he said.

"The new national highway built from Kapurthala toGovindwal Sahib near Tarn Taran will now be known as Guru Nanak Dev JiMarg."

"The BJP government is trying to make the whole worldaware of this great moment, this historic moment of the 550th Prakash Parv ofGuru Nanak Dev ji. This is why the government of India is going to celebratethe festival all over the world," he said.

Slamming Congress, the PM said that the party never workedtowards eliminating the distance between devotees and Guru Nanak Dev's holyplace Kartarpur Sahib.

PM Modi continued by saying, ''The UPA government wasresponsible for drawing the dividing line in 1947, but it did not consider thatdevotees should not be separated from their Guru by just 4 km distance. Evenafter 70 years, should Congress not have tried to erase this distance ?"

PM Modi slammed Congress's laid back approach in dealingwith Kashmir which led to worsening situations. PM Modi recalled whenseparatism in the Kashmir valley spread due to the influence of Pakistan-basedterrorists and Article 370 was used a threat to scare of the government at theCentre.

PM slammed Congress's laid back approach in dealing withKashmir which led to worsening situations. PM Modi recalled when separatism inthe Kashmir valley spread due to the influence of Pakistan-based terrorists andArticle 370 was used a threat to scare of the government at the Centre.