In Lucknow, Modi attacks Mulayam over communal riots

NEW DELHI: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked Samajwadi Party and Congress over their "secularism" plank.

"They say forget jobs, forget water, forget prices let's talk of secularism. It is under threat", said Modi while addressing a rally in Lucknow.

Hitting back SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Modi said, "He has accepted defeat in these elections. The SP is a 'samaj virodhi' party. UP has seen 150 riots in the past one year, Gujarat has been at peace for the last 10 years."

"In Uttar Pradesh, we have had eight rallies, each bigger than the last one... and today in Lucknow, I see a 'sea of saffron' BJP wave will turn into a tsunami by the time of elections," Modi said.