LS polls a battle of protecting ‘Shakti’ vs. destroying it: PM

I am a pujari of Bharat Maa. I am a pujari of ‘Shakti Swaroopa’ mothers, sisters and daughters. Can somebody on the soil of India speak of finishing ‘Shakti’? Will you accept this? Don’t we do ‘aradhana’ of ‘Shakti - Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Jagtial: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the Lok Sabha elections were a fight between those who want to destroy ‘Shakti’ and those who worship it.

Addressing a public meeting here, he alleged that INDIA bloc’s manifesto released in Mumbai on Sunday talked of finishing ‘Shakti.’ He said that every mother and every daughter is a form of ‘Shakti’ for him and that he worships them.

He declared that he accepts the challenge of the INDIA bloc to finish ‘Shakti’. “I am a pujari of Bharat Maa. I am a pujari of ‘Shakti Swaroopa’ mothers, sisters and daughters,” he said and vowed to risk his life for their protection. “Can somebody on the soil of India speak of finishing ‘Shakti’? Will you accept this? Don’t we do ‘aradhana’ of ‘Shakti’”, he asked. The Prime Minister said that the nation dedicated the Chandrayaan’s success to ‘Shiv Shakti’ and the Opposition parties are talking of destroying ‘Shakti’.

Claiming that public support for the BJP was growing in Telangana, he exuded confidence that the people of the state would script history on May 13 and both Congress and BRS would be swept away by a BJP wave.

“This election will be for ‘Viksit Bharat’. When the country develops, Telangana will also develop,” he said. Asserting that Telangana was not an ordinary land, PM Modi said its people fought against the British and also against the atrocities of Razakars.