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(REOPENS DEL38) (REOPENS DEL38) Later, addressing a gathering at Jallianwala Bagh inPunjab as part of the ‘Tiranga Yatra’, Jaitley said, "Ourgovernment is committed to take on forces sitting across theborder and safeguard the national interest." "Whenever it comes to making sacrifices for the nation,Punjab has always been on the forefront. An era of terrorismalso came in this state and it fought it. There are not manyexamples from where terrorism has been wiped out," he said. He said BJP has always stood rock solid whenever any sortof elements tried to talk anything against the nation. Taking a dig at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi overthe JNU incident, he said, "In Jawaharlal Nehru University,slogans of ‘dividing India’ were raised and without thinkingmuch, the vice president of a party went there. BJP had thenalso taken a firm stand in the national interest and willalways continue to do that." PTI VJSMN