PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday accused the Congress of making several attempts to stall the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and for insulting Lord Ram by rejecting the invitation for the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony. The Prime Minister also attacked the Congress for “insulting” ‘Shakti’. Addressing an election rally here, Modi also said the Congress is immersed in the swamp of appeasement and that “owing to the pressure of appeasement”, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as well. The “I.N.D.I. Alliance of SP-Congress does not care about India’s heritage,” the Prime Minister said.

 

“The Congress made several efforts so that the Ram Temple is not constructed. But when the people of the country made such a beautiful temple by contributing every penny and when the temple people forgave all your (Congress’) sins, and invited you for ‘pran pratishtha’, you insulted Lord Ram by rejecting the invitation and expelled the leaders, who attended it, for six years. I still cannot understand that there is so much venom in their mind,” he said. PM takes out roadshow in Chennai: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took out a roadshow in the city’s T Nagar locality, ahead of the April 19 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.

 

The Prime Minister was joined by BJP state president K Annamalai and the saffron party’s candidates for South Chennai, Central Chennai and North Chennai. Tamilisai Soundararajan has been fielded from South Chennai while Vinoj P Selvam and RC Paul Kanagaraj are the party’s picks from Central Chennai and North Chennai, respectively.

Standing atop a decorated car, the PM waved at his supporters who lined up on either side of the road and he also carried a small cutout of the BJP’s symbol, the Lotus. Eager supporters showered flower petals on Modi even as the people raised chants hailing him.