Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses throughout an election rally. File.
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Raking up the 2002 Godhra practice arson, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Could 4 charged RJD president Lalu Prasad with having tried to “save” these answerable for burning alive greater than 60 kar sevaks “throughout the rule of Sonia madam”.
Mr. Modi, who addressed an election rally at Darbhanga in north Bihar, recalled the incident that came about whereas he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, alleging that the opposition events all the time observe politics of “appeasement”.
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“It’s due to this appeasement politics that the daddy of Bihar’s ‘shehzada’ [allusion to Tejashwi Yadav] had tried to save lots of those that have been answerable for the Godhra practice burning incident”, stated Mr. Modi, including “in spite of everything, it was the rule of Sonia madam”, referring to the UPA chairperson who was additionally the president of the ruling Congress.
“He [Lalu Prasad], who has himself been convicted (in fodder rip-off instances), was then the Railway minister. He arrange an inquiry committee and received a report made which exonerated these responsible of the horrendous crime. However the court docket threw the report away”, stated Mr. Modi.
Mr. Modi accused the opposition events of “making an attempt to rob” SCs, STs and tribals of reservations due to the “disillusionment” these disadvantaged sections felt in the direction of the INDIA bloc.
“The INDIA bloc is making an attempt to divert reservations to Muslims. They’re going towards the views of Babasaheb Ambedkar and first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, neither of whom was in favour of reservations on non secular traces”, Mr. Modi claimed.
He additionally slammed Tejashwi Yadav for citing the “Hindu Muslim narrative” at rallies whereas speaking about Agnipath scheme” and stated “after we speak in regards to the martyrdom of Captain Hameed, can we consider him as a Muslim?” With out naming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav by identify, he stated, “There’s a shehzada in Delhi and one in Patna, each of whom consider the nation as their fiefdom [jaagir].” “Their mindset was uncovered once they raised questions in regards to the surgical strikes and spoke ailing of the armed forces”, stated Mr. Modi.
