Keeping up his relentless attack on the Congress amid intense campaigning for the Karnataka Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked “The Kerala Story” movie at a public rally in the north-east part of the State on Friday to accuse the Congress of having a “backdoor understanding” with terror groups and standing with them.
Modi alleged the Congress has nurtured, given shelter and surrendered before terror for the sake of vote bank politics.
At Tumakuru in the east-central part of the Mysuru rally, Modi said, “The BJP is returning to power in Karnataka with a thumping majority.”
Addressing a public rally in Bellary, Modi alleged that the Congress had opposed the film “The Kerala Story”, which, according to him, exposes a terror conspiracy. He further claimed the Congress was backing individuals who support terrorism by attempting to ban the film.
The Hindi film “The Kerala Story” directed by Sudipto Sen and produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah depicts the story of three women from Kerala who are said to have been converted to Islam and made to join the extremist ISIS.
A petition to ban the film was rejected by the Kerala High Court on Friday asserting that “secular Kerala society will accept the film for what it is”.
In his address, Modi sought to draw the attention of the public to the film saying “The Kerala Story” has exposed the terror conspiracies and sought people in Karnataka to be ‘wary’ of the Congress which as “Congress is standing with such terror elements”.
“There was a lot of discussion about The Kerala Story, which discusses ploys to make the country hollow from within. They say The Kerala Story is based on the terrorist plots in just one State. Such a beautiful State, where people are hard working and talented. The Kerala Story has exposed the terror conspiracies. But look at the misfortune of the country, the Congress today is standing with such terror elements that have destroyed the nation. Not only that, the Congress is having a backdoor understanding and deals with such elements. People of the State should be wary of the Congress,” the Prime Minister said.
Modi said when many big nations were not keen on evicting their citizens from war-hit Sudan, India deployed its Army and Navy to evict its citizens under Operation Kaveri. “We brought back our Indian brothers and sisters from areas where even aircraft could not land. Yet, in such challenging times, the Congress did not stand with the country,” he said, accusing leaders of the Opposition party of trying to expose Indian citizens to the warring factions in Sudan.”
The Prime Minister said this was done to jeopardise the operation and thereby reap electoral dividends in Karnataka. “But they forgot that Modi is here. That this Modi will cross all limits if our citizens are in danger,” he said.
Modi said the Congress had corrupted politics in the State and that the party was using money power and “its ecosystem” to set a false narrative to win the elections.
While the BJP manifesto set a roadmap to make Karnataka “number one” state in the country, the Congress’s manifesto was a document of appeasement , he alleged. “Their manifesto says that we will stop this, repeal that…. This is this their focus,” he said in the backdrop of the Congress’s promise in its manifesto to ban ‘Bajrang dal’ and give back Muslims their four per cent quota deleted by the BJP’s Bommai Government recently.