Hours after his final election rally for the 2024 Lok Sabha campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day “meditation” at the Vivekananda Rock in Kanniyakumari. Despite objections raised by opposition parties to the Election Commission earlier, photos and videos continued to pour in through Friday, during the 48-hour silence period.
Modi’s 2024 campaign has been unprecedented in that, not only has he used religion to seek votes, but that it has seen a sitting Prime Minister openly targeting Indian Muslims as he looks to be re-elected for a third successive term.
Prior to leaving for his meditation trip, Modi concluded his 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign by making a final communal speech to target the opposition.
Addressing a rally in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur on May 30 Modi once again accused the Congress and the INDIA alliance of attempting to take away reservations for SC/ST/OBCs and give them only to Muslims.
“Modi has taken the decision to not let anyone snatch the reservations provided for Dalits and backward castes. In the ten years of my government, I have worked to protect reservations for SC/ST and OBCs. The Congress and the INDI alliance are agitated by my efforts. Their intentions regarding reservations are dangerous,” he said.
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