PM Modi Said ‘Hindu-Muslim’ Not Once, But Many Times in His Election Speeches
PM Modi Said ‘Hindu-Muslim’ Not Once, But Many Times in His Election Speeches
In an interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that he did not say 'Hindu or Muslim' in his speech.
In an interview with media organisation News18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that he had never used the words 'Hindu' or 'Muslim' in his campaign speeches, inferring that his speeches didn’t have a communal tone. Quint Hindi looked into this claim in detail and found that the claim was not true.
Is the PM's claim true?: PM Modi has used these words plenty of times in his recent speeches. We went through all his speeches from the past week and found that he had referred to Hindus or Muslims five times.
Additionally, since polling began on 19 April, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) official social media accounts have also used the words Hindu and Muslim several times.
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