Sharad Pawar reacts as PM Narendra Modi slams Congress for ‘Hindu-Muslim politics’

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Sharad Pawar of the NCP (SP) on Wednesday alleged that the stand taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently could increase communal disharmony in the country instead of bringing communities closer.e)..

Speaking at a rally for his party's candidate Bhaskar Bhagare in Dindori (ST) Lok Sabha constituency of Maharashtra, Sharad Pawar said, "Narendra Modi is the first prime minister of the country who has taken positions that would increase the communal disharmony between various religions and castes..

Earlier on Wednesday, addressing a rally in the same constituency, PM Narendra Modi alleged that the Congress, during its rule at the Centre, had planned to allocate 15 per cent of the budget to Muslims..

PM Narendra Modi asserted he has never indulged in Hindu-Muslim politics, but was determined to expose the Congress game plan of appeasement and uncover the opposition bloc's designs to divide people based on religion..

Addressing two back-to-back poll rallies in Maharashtra, where the fifth and last phase of voting covering 13 Lok Sabha seats will take place on May 20, Modi hit out at the Shiv Sena (UBT), repeatedly calling it the duplicate Shiv Sena, and said the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has abjectly surrendered to the Congress and was silent on criticism of rituals at the Ram temple in Ayodhya..

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