Srinagar, May 08 (KNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the Muslims to introspect what benefits Congress has given to them during their 70-year rule and reiterated that religion cannot be the basis for providing reservation.

In an interview to Times Now, PM Modi said he want to ask the educated lot of the Muslim community to introspect and think that the country moving ahead and you feel your community is lagging behind, what is the reason for that.

“Why you people didn’t the benefit of government schemes during the Congress rule. Have been the victim of predicament during the Congress rule, introspect and think,” he said.

He, however, reiterated that religion cannot be the basis for providing reservations as it goes against the Constitution.

PM Modi said that the poor in the country include all Hindus, Christians, and Parsis and all should get the benefits of reservations.

“I have never said that Muslims won't get reservations. All I'm saying is that religion cannot be the basis of providing reservation. Poor in the country include all Hindus, Christians, and Parsis; all should get the benefits of reservations. Dalits and tribals for long have faced injustice for thousands of years, and there is a special reason that the makers of our constitution have taken the right decision, and we are grateful for that. No political party opposes this," the PM said. (KNS)