Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to the controversial movie ‘The Kerala Story’ at an election rally in Karnataka’s Ballari city on Friday and accused the Congress of having a backdoor understanding with terror groups. 

“There was a lot of discussion about Kerala Story, which discusses ploys to make the country hollow from within. They say Kerala Story is based on the terrorist plots in just one state. Such a beautiful state, where people are hard working and talented, 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,” he said. 

Modi said that terrorism is against humanity, life values and development. “I am shocked that the Congress has surrendered in front of terrorists to appease its vote bank,” he alleged, adding that the party had not uttered a word against terrorism for fear of losing its vote bank. 

Modi said that 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 and “thaalabandi”, he alleged. “Their manifesto says that we will stop this, repeal that…. This is their focus,” he said. 

“Now, their situation is so bad their legs are shaking. So the Congress is taking issue with me chanting Jai Bajrang Bali’,” Modi added. 

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