Addressing his first rally after the consecration of Ram Temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that after pran pratishtha, it is time to focus on augmenting rashtra pratishtha, or national prestige. (Pran pratishtha refers to the consecration ritual for an idol, but the word pratishtha can also be literally translated as ‘dignity’ or ‘prestige’.)
Speaking in western Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr region, Mr. Modi underlined his government’s development agenda, while rolling out projects worth ₹19,100 crore. Commenting on media reports that suggested that the PM would blow the poll bugle at the massive rally, Mr. Modi said, “I believe in blowing the bugle of development for the last man in the row. I don’t need to sound the poll bugle, my janta janardan [public] does it for me.”
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