PM Modi takes 'mutton in Sawan' swipe at Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rahul Gandhi: 'Who are you trying to impress?'

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ALSO READ: PM Modi makes big announcement on Kashmir: 'J&K will get the status...' "The people of the Congress and INDIA alliance do not care about the sentiments of the majority of the people of the country. They enjoy playing with the sentiments of the people. A person who has been sentenced by the court and who is on bail -- they visit the house of such a criminal and enjoy cooking mutton in the month of Sawan, and they make a video of it to tease the people of the country," newswire ANI quoted Modi as saying.

Stating that the intentions of these leaders are 'just like the Mughals', ANI quoted Modi as saying, “The law does not stop anyone from eating anything, but the intentions of these people are something else. When the Mughals attacked here, they were not satisfied until they demolished the temples. So, just like the Mughals, they want to tease the people of the country by showing the video in the month of Sawan." The BJP leader also reacted to the controversy triggered by Tejashwi Yadav's video.

"Amid Navratri, eating non-veg food, by showing these videos, hurting the sentiments of the people, who are you trying to impress?" PM Modi asked and called Yadav a 'seasonal sanatani'. Yadav had earlier said the video was made on April 8, whereas Navratri began the next day. ALSO READ: PM Modi takes ‘dull’ jibe at INDIA bloc ahead of Lok Sabha elections: 'Opposition believes that NDA govt will return' The Prime Minister also attacked the Congress over Lord Ram's temple in Ayodhya.

"Congress says Ram Mandir is an election issue for BJP. I want to say that Ram Mandir was never an election issue, nor will it ever become an election issue. The struggle for Ram temple was going on even before the birth of the BJP...