Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel during a public meeting, ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Surendranagar district, Thursday, May 2, 2024.
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Surendranagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attacked the Congress over party president Mallikarjun Kharge's recent remark on Lord Ram and Lord Shiva, accusing the opposition party of trying to create "divisions among Hindus due to its appeasement politics".
He was addressing a poll gathering at Surendranagar in Gujarat in support of BJP candidates for Surendranagar and Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seats.
"Now, Congress is trying to create divisions among Hindus. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has made a very dangerous statement about Lord Ram and Lord Shiva. This statement has been made with malafide intentions. They are playing a game to divide the Hindu community," Modi claimed.
"They are creating differences among the devotees of Lord Ram and Lord Shiva so that they fight with each other. Even Mughals could not break our thousands of years of traditions. And now Congress wants to break it? How low will Congress stoop for appeasement?" Modi added.
The PM also alleged that Congress, in its manifesto, has proposed a separate quota for minorities in the allocation of all government tenders.