Earlier a critic, Shankaracharya now hails PM Modi, blames media for painting anti-Modi

Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati who was once a perceived critic of PM Modi, heaped praises on the Indian Prime Minster calling him the only PM to stand firm for the Hindus. He further claimed that it was the media that painted him as “anti-Modi”. "The truth is, with Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister, Hindus' self-respect has awoken. This is not a small thing. We have said it several times publically, we are not anti-Modi but Modi's admirers. We admire him because which other Prime Minister in independent India has been so brave, someone who stands firm for the Hindus?... We are not criticising anyone but he is the first such PM who supports Hindu sentiments...As Hindus, we are against? What are you saying? You, the media, have just one agenda - prove us anti-Modi. Tell me, when the PM, through his Home Minister, abrogated Article 370, didn't we welcome it?" said Shankaracharya.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/NqfFWdO