Describing Narendra Modi as a “Prime Minister material,” former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Sangma today questioned the Congress party’s stand on secularism, saying, the Congress party usually sends Christian leaders to Christian majority states for election campaigns.
Sangma, who is touring the country and trying to create a new political equation by floating the National Peoples’ Party (NPP), with an eye on the tribal vote, said, he and his party “has no problems working with Modi” as the Gujarat Chief Minister has all the qualities of a Prime Minister.
“The less we talk about secularism the better it is for India…who exactly is secular,” Sangma said when asked about the Congress party’s attack on Modi’s secular credentials.
Recalling his days as a senior Congress leader, Sangma, who calls himself a “devout Christian” said, the Congress party usually reserved him and other Christian leaders to campaign for elections in Christian majority States of the country.
“Every time before the elections, myself and others like Margaret Alva, CM Stephen were send to Northeastern states like Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya to campaign during the elections,” Sangma said.
Stating that the Gujarat Chief Minister’s has proved himself and is accepted for his style of “governance, development and delivery” mechanisms, Sangma said, the country needs similar initiatives so that differences on caste, creed and religion could be done away with.
Sangma, however added, that the next two months would be crucial for Modi as he would try to reach out to the people across the Nation probably as a Prime Ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance
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