At the same rally, Prime Minister Modi also accused the Congress of trying to ally with “anti-national forces” to divide India
Launching a withering broadside against the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 10 accused the Opposition party of hatching conspiracy to erase Hindu faith from the country.
Addressing a campaign rally in the tribal-dominated Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency, the PM lashed out at the Congress, dubbing it “anti-Hindu” while claiming the party was spreading lies against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party by alleging that the saffron party would change the Constitution and do away with reservation.
Taking shots at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Sam Pitroda, the overseas Congress leader who quit because of his controversial remarks, Mr. Modi said, “The agenda of the Congress party is so dangerous that the shehzada’s [mockingly alluding to Mr. Gandhi as a princeling] guru in America [Mr. Pitroda] has disclosed that the construction of Ram Mandir and the celebration of the Ram Navami festival is against the idea of India. They even say that going to temples is anti-Indian. Look at the Congress’ mentality, calling the Ram temple ‘anti-national’ in Lord Ram’s country. The Congress is hatching a conspiracy to erase Hindu faith from this country.”
Mr. Modi further said that the Congress was aware that it could not compete with him on the plank of development.
“Hence, they have opened a factory of lies. Sometimes they lie about the BJP scrapping reservation, sometimes they accuse us of trying to subvert the Constitution. They keep spreading these lies through an ecosystem,” Mr. Modi said.
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