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PM suggests Narendra Modi is a threat to secular politics.
New Delhi: In a counter attack on Tuesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh referred to the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi by name for the first time. Manmohan Singh suggested that the Modi is a threat to secular politics.
"I sincerely hope that all secular forces would combine to face the onslaught of people like Mr Narendra Modi. And I have every reason to believe that that will happen. You wait for some time before the people realise what they are up against," Manmohan Singh said. The BJP described as "ridiculous" the statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Reacting sharply, the opposition party alleged that it was the ruling Congress which was giving a "blatant communal angle" to everything and creating a divide in the society.
"It is the Congress which is giving a blatant communal angle to everything. Those who do such things and then give a statement calling all secular forces to come together (against Modi) look ridiculous. It is they who have created the real communal divide," BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said.
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He cited Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde's recent letter to Chief Ministers telling them not to target Muslim youths and also his recent "Hindu terror" remarks which he was forced to withdraw after BJP's tough stand.
The BJP leader also reminded Prime Minister Singh's statement made earlier that Muslims should have the first right over the country's natural resources and said such remarks created a communal divide.
"This government, whose Home Minister has written to Chief Ministers asking them for sparing youth of one community... Those who say such things are now giving statement for all the secular forces to come together...it looks ridiculous," he said. Modi will be in the capital again on Wednesday to address over 7,000 students from 200 colleges across India at the Thyagaraj stadium.
source:ibnlive.com