Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday targeted the Opposition, including the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress, for cheating backward and scheduled communities in the name of social justice. Mr. Modi further said only he will be able to “fulfil the dreams of reformers such as Jyotiba Phule, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Chaudhary Charan Singh”.
Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidate from the Amroha Lok Sabha seat, Kanwar Singh Tanwar, the PM took aim at parties of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) for rejecting the invitation to the Ram temple consecration ceremony. “The INDIA bloc parties rejected the invitation for consecration ceremony. The Congress and its partners have no respect for the tradition of our nation. After 500 years, the dream of a grand Ram Temple is fulfilled in Ayodhya. People from across India and abroad celebrated it like a festival, but the Congress tried its best to stop the temple’s construction. When people of the country built such a grand temple and were willing to forgive all your [Congress’s] past mistakes by inviting you for the consecration ceremony, you insulted Lord Ram by rejecting the invitation,” alleged Mr. Modi.
In Amroha, Mr. Tanwar is locked in a three-cornered contest with Kunwar Danish Ali of the Congress and Mujahid Hussain of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The constituency is going to polls on April 26.
