Vadodara: Hitting the election tracks towards the fag end of the campaign in
Gujarat, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on December 7 came out in full support
of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and asserted there should be no dispute over
religion.
Addressing his first election meeting in this city which had witnessed communal
violence early this year, he praised Modi's performance and said after
the "unfortunate" incidents of communal violence, peace and amity now prevailed in
the state.
"God is one but the ways of prayer can be different. But in our country, there is
equal respect for all religions. There is no compulsion. Each one is free to follow
his faith. There can be debate, but there should be no dispute over religion that
divides the society," he said.
PTI
