New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Monday linked India's current economic trajectory with the historical reconstruction of the Somnath temple, saying the vision articulated at the time of its consecration was now approaching fulfilment under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing a press conference, Trivedi recalled Dr Rajendra Prasad's remarks during the reconstruction of the Somnath temple, linking its consecration to India regaining past prosperity.

"I want to remind that when Somnath was being reconstructed, India's first President Dr Rajendra Prasad had said that the consecration of Somnath would be truly complete on the day its prosperity once again reaches the same height, the ...