7Photo1Video© hindustantimes.com'Votebank ka virus': PM Modi attacks Congress for opposing Waqf Act
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Addressing a gathering after laying the foundation stone of a new terminal building AT Hisar's Maharaja Agrasen Airport and flagging off a commercial flight to Ayodhya, PM Modi said the Congress pleased only a few fundamentalists in the Muslim community.
"From Independence till 2013, there was a Waqf law. But to win elections, and in pursuing a politics of appeasement and vote bank, the Congress made amendments in the Waqf law hurriedly late in 2013 so that it can get votes in elections (few months later in 2014)," said Modi.
"If they (Congress) have some sympathy for Muslims, they should appoint their president from the Muslim community. Why don't they do it?" he asked.
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