‘Want 400 seats so Cong won’t put Babri lock on Ram Temple’

PM Modi during a public meeting in Dhar. Pic/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he wants the BJP-led NDA to win 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls to ensure the Congress does not bring back Article 370 in Kashmir and put a "Babri lock" on the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Addressing an election rally at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh, Modi also accused the Congress of belittling Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, adding the opposition party has started saying he had a very little role in framing the Constitution. "The truth is that the Congress parivar deeply hates Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar," Modi said.

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