PM MODI: FOREIGN POWERS TRYING TO WEAKEN COUNTRY

The Prime Minister slams Opposition for Maha Kumbh remarks

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday warned against divisive forces, stating that a group of leaders is nowadays attempting to ridicule religion and is bent on dividing people.

PM Modi also alleged that on many occasions foreign powers attempt to weaken the sovereignty of the country by joining hands with these people.

Slamming a section of leaders over their critical remarks on Maha Kumbh, he said those with "slave mentality" keep attacking the country's religious and cultural traditions with the backing of foreign powers.

Addressing a public meeting after laying the foundation stone of Bageshwar Dham Medical and Science Research Institute for Cancer in Chhattarpur, PM Modi said: "Nowadays we see that there is a group of leaders who mock religion, ridicule it, are engaged in dividing people and many times foreign powers also try to weaken the country and religion by supporting these people. People who hate the Hindu faith have been living in some phase or the other for centuries," the Prime Minister said.

With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent "Mrityu Kumbh" remarks triggering a political slugfest, PM Modi said, without naming anyone, "People who have fallen into the mentality of slavery keep attacking our faith, beliefs and temples, our religion, culture and principles.