Is Hindutva Not an Issue for Modi in Up?

Posted on the 20 October 2013 by M Shekhar @politicscope
Narendra Modi addressed his first election rally in UP, but he did not refer to the temple issue even once.

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On the other hand, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Modi launched scathing attack on his rivals - Congress, SP & BSP - at once.
He held Congress-led UPA government responsible for all the prevailing problems in the country and the BSP and SP in Uttar Pradesh. Also, he mocked Congress scion.

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"As soon as he enters Gujarat, the mother goes to sleep saying that now her son his safe."
Narendra Modi
"A retired IAS officer says that PM should be the accused No. 1 in Coalgate ... Supreme Court is monitoring the coal scam ... but coal files are missing ... in my view, the entire government is missing."
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"A Congress MP said that one can get full meal for just Rs 12. His another colleague, who is perhaps behind bars, said that Rs 5 is enough for complete meal. Mocking the poor, the Planning Commission said that a person who earns Rs 26 a day is not poor. A Government is expected to heal the pains of poor. A Government is for the welfare of the poor not make mockery of it."
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"Now, the SP government is releasing terror accused ... it is ok ... should the government interfere in trial going in the court ... please teach such a government a lesson."
- Narendra Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate

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"When a person boards a train for Gujarat, his mother calls him at regular intervals to inquire about his safety ... but as soon as he enters Gujarat, the mother goes to sleep saying that now her son his safe."
- Narendra Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate