SOMNATH: On the Gujarat campaign trail, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his visit to Somnath temple , saying the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had opposed the idea of building a temple. "If there was no Sardar Patel, the temple in Somnath would never have been possible. Your family members, our first Prime Minister, was not happy with the idea of a temple being built there," Modi said while addressing an election rally in Prachi.He said that when Rajendra Prasad was to come to inaugurate the Somnath temple, Pandit Nehru expressed his displeasure. It was passed by Lok Sabha but stalled in the Rajya Sabha, where Congress has majority. "I want to assure you, Congress may try to put roadblocks, I am committed to ensure their designs fail.

Source: Times of India November 29, 2017 11:02 UTC