Apart from 'Jai Sri Ram', slogans like Jai Ma Kali, Allahu Akbar, Radhe Radhe were are also heard during the swearing-in ceremony in the West Bengal assembly.
In a statement in Tamil posted on Twitter, he claimed that the word 'Hindu' is not native to India and that Hindus have to identify themselves as only Indians
While defending the fielding of Pragya Singh Thakur, who is on bail in the blast case, PM Modi asked why no such questions are being asked when Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are contesting from Amethi and Rae Bareli constituencies, respectively, despite being on "bail".