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Modi preaching without practising, says Congress
New Delhi, May 7
The Congress on Thursday
disagreed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in an interview
that his government views all religions at par and won't tolerate any
discrimination, saying he was "simply preaching without practising it".
Congress
spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed said such remarks were aimed at diverting
attention from the "failures" of his government in the past one year.
Modi
had said in an interview to Time magazine that his government will not
tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and
religion. He also said its philosophy was "Sabka saath, sabka vikas -
Together with all, progress for all".
"Wherever a (negative) view
might have been expressed (about) a minority religion, we have
immediately negated that," he said in the two-hour interview. "So far as
the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the
constitution of India. The unity and the integrity of the country are
the topmost priorities," he said.
Ahmed however said that what Modi was saying and what people from the Sangh Parivar were doing were "two different things."
"He
is simply preaching without practising it. His government will complete
one year in office and there is nothing much to show. On economy, on
black money, on other promises, the government has failed miserably. So
to divert attention, his government is trying a media blitz and making
goody-goody statements," he said.
Janata Dal-United leader K.C. Tyagi also said there was "difference in his (Modi's) deeds and words".