Prime Minister Narendra Modi took on the critics of the ongoing Maha Kumbh mela, equating them to “foreign powers who try to weaken the country” and claimed they have “slave mentality”.Speaking at a public function in Chhattarpur, Madhya Pradesh, he said, “Nowadays we see that there is a group of leaders who mock religion, ridicule it, are engaged in dividing people and many times foreign powers also try to weaken the country and religion by supporting these people”.
“People who hate the Hindu faith have been living in some phase or the other for centuries. People who have fallen into slave mentality keep attacking our faith, beliefs and temples, our religion, culture and principles,” he said.
These people, he added, “abuse our festivals, traditions and customs”.