"Sin" To Allow Narmada Activists "Set Their Foot In Gujarat": PM Modi
NDTV
Prime Minister Modi also said he had to sit on a fast for the completion of the Narmada dam project.
In a veiled attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said those who gave election tickets to the people that opposed the Narmada dam project for years should not be allowed to step into Gujarat.
Allowing such people to set foot in the state is like committing a sin, he said.
Addressing a mega rally in Mota Varachha area of Surat city, considered to be a stronghold of Patidars, Prime Minister Modi also said he had to sit on a fast for the completion of the Narmada dam project.
"People of Surat should remember one thing. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone for the project, but it was stalled for 50 years. They (activists) ensured that no one in the world gave funds to Gujarat for the dam project. They (AAP) gave tickets to such people," he said.
