‘Alliance wants to destroy strength of Hindu religion’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14 accused the INDIA alliance of trying to finish Sanatan dharma.

Addressing an election rally in Mysuru on April 14, Mr. Modi referred to the Congress party and its allies’ boycott of Ram Mandir’s consecration in Ayodhya earlier this year.

He said the Indian alliance wanted to destroy the strength of the Hindu religion.

However, he vowed that he would not allow these “forces of hate” to succeed as long as he enjoyed the blessings of the country’s people.

He also described the consecration of Ram Temple at Ayodhya on January 22 as the realization of a 500-year-old dream.

Stepping up his attack on the Congress party and describing it as the “Sultan of tukde tukde gang” that was going about “dividing” and “weakening” the country with its “dangerous ideas,” Mr. Modi took a potshot at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge for his reported statement over the abrogation of Article 370 that sought to question what Kashmir had to do with the rest of the states in the country.

Mr. Modi also alleged that the Congress party had rewarded the person who speaks against the country with a ticket to contest the elections, apparently referring to Bengaluru Rural MP D.K. Suresh’s reported statement seeking a separate nation for South India.

Training his guns on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi without naming him, Mr. Modi said a Congress leader tried to portray India poorly during his foreign tours at a time when the country’s respect in the eyes of the world had increased. He also accused the Congress party of seeking proof for “surgical strikes” from the army when the country has given a befitting reply to its enemies.

While blaming the Congress party for working with the political wing of an organization that had been banned for terrorism, Mr. Modi said the Congress party in Karnataka, which was practicing the politics of appeasement, was imposing restrictions on festivals and bringing down religious flags.