Modi hasn't raised or encouraged the raising of slogans such as 'Jai Sri Ram' at public meetings. G Sreedathan reports

Claiming much of the credit for the election of a Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal said his organisation, along with other Hindu forces in the country, had achieved the objective of creating an "invincible Hindu society" with the installation of a regime that believed in Hindu swabhimaan, 800 years after the defeat of Delhi ruler Prithviraj Chouhan at the hands of "Muslim invaders".

As such, the comment rules out the previous NDA government, led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, as one that restored Hindu swabhimaan.

Singhal's comment, likely to kick up a nationwide row, was made on Friday at the World Hindu Congress, organised by the World Hindu Foundation, an affiliate of the VHP.

The comment is a contrast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on governance rather than Hindutva as the guiding principle of his government.

Modi hasn't raised or encouraged the raising of slogans such as 'Jai Sri Ram" at public meetings.

Without naming Modi, Singhal said the establishment of the new government should be a matter of "great pride" for Hindus, as after British rule, successive governments had neglected Hindu interests.

Recounting the alleged atrocities by these governments, he said one government (the one led by former prime minister Indira Gandhi) had ordered firing on an assembly seeking a ban on cow slaughter. "A previous government even told a court it was not sure whether Lord Ram was born in India at all," he said.

Singhal listed the demolition of the Babri Masjid as one of the VHP's achievements.

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