Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday compared the Opposition’s “vote bhakti” with his “desh bhakti”, accused the Congress of conspiracy to link Hindus with terrorism and yet again sought votes in the name of the military action on Pakistan. Modi claimed that while the Opposition did “vote bhakti”, he believed in “desh bhakti (patriotism)” and so his government acted tough whenever Pakistan created trouble in India. “We conducted the surgical strike after the Uri incident and the air strike after (the) Pulwama (terror attack),” the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister claimed that his opponents could offer the benefits of quota to only their vote bank. Voting in Araria and four other seats in Bihar — Jhanjharpur, Madhepura, Supaul and Khagaria — will be held on April 23.

Source: The Telegraph April 21, 2019 02:03 UTC