Almost a fortnight after the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress for failing to understand the significance of places of worship, and said no country could develop by wiping out its past.
At a large gathering in Guwahati on Sunday, after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for a slew of projects worth ₹11,599 crore in Assam, including the Kamakhya temple access corridor, Mr. Modi chided “those who ruled India for a long time since India attained freedom from British rule”.
“Unfortunately, those who ran the government for a long time since independence failed to understand the significance of places of worship. They set a trend of being ashamed of their own culture and past for political gains,” Mr. Modi said.
