Salem: Referring to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Shakti’ comment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stated INDIA bloc allies Congress and DMK have the propensity to insult the Hindu faith. He stated they by no means communicate in opposition to different religions.

“INDI alliance deliberately insult Hindu Dharma and every statement against Hindu Dharma is well thought of. Congress-DMK INDI alliance never speak against other religions. But they do not take a second to insult Hindu Dharma,” he stated at a rally in Tamil Nadu’s Salem.

He stated the DMK, Congress and the INDIA bloc say they might destroy Shakti.

“Mariamman yahan ki Shakti hai. In Tamil Nadu Kanchi Kamakshi is ‘Shakti’, Madurai Meenakshi is ‘Shakti’…Congress, DMK and INDI alliance says they will destory this (Shakti),” he added.

PM Modi stated in Hinduism, Shakti means ladies energy, mom’s energy, however the INDIA bloc allies say they are going to destroy it.

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PM Modi said Tamil Nadu has made up its mind to vote for the BJP.

“DMK and Congress are two sides of the same coin. DMK and Congress means- Big corruption and one family rule. When the country got rid of Congress, the country reached 5G technology. But in Tamil Nadu DMK is running its own 5G- one family’s fifth generation to have control over Tamil Nadu,” he said.

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PM Modi also claimed the DMK insulted late former CM Jayalalithaa.

“You all are witness to the kind of behaviour INDI alliance does with women. When former state CM J. Jayalalithaa was alive you all know how DMK leaders behaved with her. This is DMK’s real face,” he added.

What Rahul Gandhi had stated

At Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on Sunday, Gandhi invoked ‘Shakti’ to query the digital voting machines (EVM). “There is a word ‘Shakti’ (might) in Hinduism…We are fighting against a Shakti (might of the state). The question is, what is that Shakti and what does it entail for us? The soul and integrity of EVMs have been traded to the King (Modi). This is a fact. Not just EVMs but every autonomous institution of the country, be it the ED, CBI or Income Tax department, have traded their spines to the Centre,” he stated.

The BJP claimed Gandhi’s remark showed his misogynistic mindset.

On Monday, Rahul Gandhi claimed PM Modi had twisted the which means of his Shakti comment.

“Modi ji does not like my words. He tries to twist my statements and change the meaning, because he knows that I have spoken a deep truth,” Gandhi stated in a submit on social platform X.

With inputs from ANI, PTI