Rajasthan Government Sympathising With terrorists: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the ruling Congress in Rajasthan of sympathising with terrorists, recalling at a poll rally here the murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in this city last year.

He also said crime and corruption in the state increased in the past five years. "The terrorist incident with Kanhaiya Lal ji in Udaipur is a big stain on the state government. Such a heinous incident happened in Udaipur because there is a Congress government which sympathizes with terrorists," PM Modi said.

Kanhaiya Lal was murdered on June 28 last year by two cleaver-wielding men who accused him of insulting Islam. The accused had also made a video of the act and posted it online. Modi said that "terrorist organisations like Popular Front of India (PFI) hold rallies without fear" in the state as the Congress government is a "sympathiser of terrorists".

He alleged that the Congress has only one agenda to loot Rajasthan and fill its coffers. "Corruption is like air and water for the Congress without which it cannot function," he said. Modi also said that the Congress brought Rajasthan on top in crime against women. "Even Dalits and poor people are not safe in the state," he said. He said that the BJP is committed to eliminating 'gunda raj' from Rajasthan.

"The BJP assures every daughter and daughter-in-law of Rajasthan that she will get the opportunity to live with dignity and go out of the house without fear in a safe environment...this is Modi's guarantee," PM Modi said. The prime minister said that the Congress has wasted five years of Rajasthan. "For five years, the government of Rajasthan remained busy deciding who would sit on the (CM's) chair," he said.