'INDI alliance leaders declined Pran Pratishtha invite': PM Modi in Pilibhit rally

Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the INDIA block accusing its leaders of "insulting" Lord Ram by not attending the Pran Pratishtha ceremony in Ayodhya in January this year and alleged that Congress "is so deep into appeasement politics that they will never be able to come out".

Addressing an election rally in Pilibhit, PM Modi also attacked the Congress over its manifesto, saying that it appears to be that of the Muslim League, not their own.

The Congress has already moved the Election Commission over PM Modi's remarks earlier that its manifesto reflected the ideology of the Muslim League.

PM Modi said people made contributions for the construction of the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya. The Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla idol was held on January 22.

"INDI alliance parties have always hated the construction of the Ram Temple. Whatever you wanted to do in courts you did, but when the organisers invited you respectfully for the Pran Pratishtha, you rejected the invite and insulted Lord Ram. Those from their party who attended the ceremony were suspended from the party for six years...Congress is so deep into appeasement politics that they will never be able to come out of it. Congress' manifesto appears to be that of Muslim League's not their own," PM Modi said.

He urged the people to remember those who had committed the "sin". PM Modi alleged that Congress and the Samajwadi Party were "opposing" the Citizenship Amendment Act due to politics of appeasement.

"If India will not give citizenship to the persecuted minorities from neighbouring countries, then who will?" he asked.

(ANI)