PM Modi: Opposition coming up with new ways to stand in way of Muslim women’s rights

“When Muslim daughters began supporting BJP, putting up videos of their appreciation of the party, some people, who consider themselves thekedar of some votes, lost their sleep. They became anxious that their own daughters are now doing Modi, Modi,” he said.

These “thekedar”, he said, are “doing everything to stop Muslim daughters from supporting Modi. The BJP stands with every suffering Muslim woman to keep them safe, so the Yogi government is necessary,” he said while campaigning for the return of his party and the Yogi Adityanath government in the state.

Saharanpur’s seven Assembly constituencies will vote in the second phase of the elections on February 14.

Referring to the communal riots in Muzaffarnagar (2013) and Saharanpur (2014), Modi said: “What happened in Muzaffarnagar was a blot, and what happened in Saharanpur was also terrifying. The Saharanpur riots are an example of political targeting. This is why you taught a lesson to the rioters in 2017 and Yogi Adityanath was successful in winning the election.”

Targeting rival parties, he said: “They want to take revenge from the people of UP. Those who criticised rioters have embraced them in this election and are now standing with them. In many places, criminals have been made candidates.”

He criticised previous governments, saying their focus was on “parivarvad” (dynastic politics), not the benefit of the people.

“I have been noticing that a dynastic party is making false promises to people… They know they won’t come (to power), so they will say anything. If anyone makes any big promise, remember it is hollow and irresponsible,” he said, referring to the Samajwadi Party.

He said the “ration mafia” flourished under the previous governments but the Adityanath government had locked them up with an “Aligarh lock”.