New Delhi, March 23 -- Stating that anti-Congressism has been "heart and soul" of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia's political legacy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused socialist parties and other regional parties of 'betraying' the principles of the late leader.

"Anti-Congressism was Dr Lohia's heart and soul. .....Yet, today those parties that falsely claim to be Dr Lohia's followers are desperate to form an opportunistic Maha Milawat or adulteration alliances with the same Congress. It is both ironical and reprehensible," the Prime Minister wrote in a blog piece on the occasion of birth anniversary of the freedom fighter and socialist leader Late Lohia.

Mr Modi further writes, "Dr Lohia always believed that dynastic politics was ini...