Patna, April 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood for 'desh bhakti', while the Congress stood for 'vote bhakti' because of which the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government refused to retaliate after Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai in November 2008, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing an election rally in the state on Saturday.

Speaking in an aggressive manner, Modi reminded the people that the Congress leaders also insulted the martyrs of the 2008 Batla House encounter in New Delhi because of their 'vote bhakti'.

"The country is divided by 'vote bhakti' and 'desh bhakti'. It was 'vote bhakti' that prevented the Congress from acting tough on Pakistan," Modi said at the rally in Farbisganj in Ara...