Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday claimed that the Congress party intends to give preferential treatment to minorities in sports based on religion. It will decide who will remain in the cricket team and who will not.
The Prime Minister made the remark while addressing a Lok Sabha election rally in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh.
“The Congress party's intention is to give preferential treatment to minorities in sports. This means that the Congress will decide who stays in the cricket team and who does not, based on religion,” Modi claimed.
A clip of PM Modi's remarks also went viral on social media platform X.
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“If Congress had wanted to, I would have asked why they divided the country into three parts after 1947. At the same time, the entire country would have become Pakistan and at the same time India would have ceased to exist,” Modi further said.
The Prime Minister also said that as long as he is alive, any attempt to erase India's identity in the name of false secularism will not succeed.
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He also said he would seek 400-seat mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA to prevent the Congress from revoking Article 370 in Kashmir and putting a “Babri lock” on the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
Mr Modi on Monday said he was not against Muslims or Islam and urged the Muslim community to introspect and think about the future.
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“If we keep thinking about who we give power to and who we exclude, we will only ruin the future of our children. Muslim communities are changing all over the world,” PM Modi said in an interview. times now.
Responding to a question about accusations that Mr. Modi is against Muslims, Mr. Modi said, “When I say 100 percent, it includes all communities.Social justice and secularism are guaranteed.Mr. We are guaranteed to have it all.”
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