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Sitaram Yechury asks PM Modi: Is he aware of concluding words of Vivekananda’s Chicago speech?

CPI(M) and other opposition parties have slammed the remarks made by PM Modi during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.

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Published May 31, 2024 | 11:28 PM ⚊ Updated May 31, 2024 | 11:28 PM

Sitaram Yechury, PM Modi

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is presently sitting in meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday, 31 May highlighted Swami Vivekananda’s quote where he said he “pitied” those who dream of “exclusive survival” of their religion.

In a post on X, Yechury asked if Modi is aware of the concluding words of Swami Vivekananda at the final session of the World’s Parliament of Religions.

Vivekananda, a Hindu monk, philosopher and disciple of mystic Ramakrishna Paramhansa, made his iconic speech at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago between 11-27 September 1893.

“Is Modi aware of these concluding words of Swami Vivekananda at the final session of the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago on 27 September 1893?” Yechury asked and shared a quote from his famous speech.

“If anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written, in spite of resistance: ‘Help and not Fight’, ‘Assimilation and not Destruction’, ‘Harmony and Peace and not Dissension’,” he quoted Vivekananda’s speech.

Is Modi aware of these concluding words of Swami Vivekananda at the final session of the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago on 27 September 1893?
“If anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom…

— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) May 31, 2024

The CPI(M), and other opposition parties have slammed the remarks made by Modi and other BJP leaders during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, for which the last phase of voting will take place on 1 June.

Related: Lok Sabha polls: Final phase in 57 seats on 1 June, PM Modi in fray

Complaints against PM Modi

The Left party has filed several complaints against Modi and other BJP leaders for violation of the Model Code of Conduct, including those related to his speech in Banswara in Rajasthan.

While addressing a rally in Banswara on 21 April, Modi had suggested that if the Congress comes to power, it would “redistribute” wealth to Muslims.

Modi began his 45-hour-long meditation at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial on 30 May, in the evening.

After arriving from nearby Thiruvananthapuram by helicopter, Modi worshipped at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and then reached the rock memorial by a ferry service and started meditation that is scheduled to go on till 1 June.

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