Modi accuses Centre of ignoring pilgrimage places

February 13, 2014 22:12

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the Indian government had ignored development of pilgrimage places in the country as tourism destinations for the sake of "distorted" secularism.

Speaking at a 'Pranpratishthan Mahotsav' at the pilgrimage town of Ambaji in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, he said that the development of religious places could have strengthened the Indian economy, but Indian government has had adopted a callous approach toward them.

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