Destructive, terror forces can dominate for some time, their existence not permanent: PM Modi

As the Taliban got a firmer grip on Afghanistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said empires built on the basis of terror are never permanent.

Addressing a public function in Gujarat’s Somnath through a video link, the Prime Minister said destructive forces and the ideology of terror cannot suppress humanity forever.

“This was true when some attackers were demolishing Somnath, it is equally true even today when the world is apprehensive of such ideologies,” Modi said.

The Prime Minister inaugurated multiple projects at Somnath, where a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva was ravaged several times by Muslim invaders before being rebuilt under the leadership of first Home Minister Sardar Patel after Independence.

“The destructive powers, the thought that believes in building empires on the basis of terror may dominate for some time, but its existence is never permanent, it cannot suppress humanity forever,” Modi said.

The Prime Minister recalled how the Somnath temple had been rebuilt after every attack and described it as a symbol of the belief that truth cannot be defeated by falsehood and faith cannot be crushed by terror.

Earlier, the prime minister inaugurated the Somnath Promenade built at a cost of Rs 47 crore and the Somnath Exhibition Centre that displayed the exhibits from the dismantled parts of the old Somnath Temple.

He also inaugurated the temple precinct of the Old Somnath temple that was built by Queen Ahilyabai Holkar of Indore which lay in ruins for the past several years.

Modi also laid the foundation stone of the Shree Parvati Temple which is proposed to be constructed with a total outlay of Rs 30 crore. The temple will be built in Sompura Salats style along with the development of the Garbha Griha and the Nritya Mandap.