Modi’s address in Amroha yesterday demonstrated how he tries to rake up religious sentiments, belying claims by the BJP that it was seeking votes from people on the basis of unprecedented development work and on the implementation of welfare schemes.
By Omar Rashid
New Delhi: Projecting the opposition as ‘anti-Hindu’ and ‘pro-Muslim’ has emerged as the favourite tactic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign, as he seeks a third term in the country.
His public address on April 19 in Amroha in west Uttar Pradesh demonstrated how the BJP’s star campaigner tries to rake up religious sentiments, belying claims by the saffron party that it was seeking votes from people on the basis of unprecedented development work and the implementation of welfare schemes.
Modi made a direct attack on the Congress candidate and sitting Amroha MP Kunwar Danish Ali, who is a Muslim, saying he did not deserve to enter the Lok Sabha as he had objected to chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
“The Congress candidate here [Danish Ali] had an objection to even saying ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. Is it proper that a person who doesn’t accept Bharat Mata ki Jai sits in parliament? Should such a person get entry into India’s parliament?”, Modi asked.
The PM, who was speaking even as eight seats in west UP were voting in the first phase, accused the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Congress and the INDIA bloc of not leaving “any stones unturned in attacking our faith”.
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