Leaders with 'slave mentality' mock India's religious beliefs with foreign backing: PM

PM to inaugurate two-day Global Investors Summit in Bhopal today

- SATYAPRAKASH SHARMA

In a sharp critique of opposition party leaders on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused them of mocking religion and dividing the people of the country, without naming anyone. He further said that foreign forces have made multiple attempts to support these leaders in a bid to weaken the nation and its religion.

PM Modi made these remarks while addressing the foundation-laying ceremony of a cancer hospital at Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district. He performed Bhumi Pujan at the Medical Sciences and Research Centre.

The Prime Minister is on a two-day visit to the state. On Monday, he will inaugurate the 8th edition of the Global Investors Summit in Bhopal.

"We see that a section of leaders mocks religion, makes fun of it, and engages in dividing people. Foreign forces also support these individuals in their attempts to weaken the country and its religion," PM Modi said.

"Those who hate Hindu beliefs have been appearing in different forms for centuries. People with a mentality of slavery are constantly attacking our faith, traditions, temples,

Saints, culture, and principles," PM Modi stated.