These school girls were saluting Narendra Modi one-by-one in row on Sadbhavana stage in Godhra

Godhra, 20 January, 2012

Speaking at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s Sadbhabana mission fast function in Godhra, the minister for Cultural and Youth related activities Shri Fakirbhai Vaghela today compared Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Swami Vivekananda.

Shri Vaghela in his morning speech said, “Swami Vivekananda’s original name was Narendra. So we had one Narendra Dutt then, and one Narendra Modi here.And while saint Narendra Dutt was dharma dhurandhar, sant Narendra Modi is Karma dhurandhar.”

It should be mentioned that while 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda is being celebrated in Gujarat as Yuva Shakti year, last week the district BJP President of Amreli had published an advertisement in which Swami Vivekananda’s photo was showed on one corner and on the other corner there was a same size photo of Narendra Modi wearing turban and standing with cross hands like Swami Vivekananda.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi has time and again said that Swami Vivekananda is his icon.

Chief Minister Modi is generally described by his followers and supporters as another Sardar Patel, but nowadays Swami Vivekananda has replaced Sardar Patel when it comes to putting Modi in somebody’s shoes.

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