Live reporting: Congress has become a liability for the country, says Modi at Ranchi rally

The commission will investigate charges of spying on a young woman in 2009 allegedly at the behest of Modi.  “As soon as the allegations were made, Modi himself ordered an inquiry. There is a tradition that the Centre does not institute a fresh panel if state has already announced one,” he said.

He claimed that Gujarat witnessed only one communal riot “but they (Congress) keep terming Modi as communal....Now, an Ahmedabad court has given him a clean chit,” Singh said.

The huge dais from which Modi spoke  had a backdrop of the Indian Parliament with three stages.

Modi spoke  from one stage, and the other two stages had  senior leaders of the party sitting there.

Heavy security arrangements had been made for the rally in view of recent reports of an Indian Mujahideen module which masterminded the serial blasts during Modi's Patna rally.

The party organisers have specially invited villagers from Sithio, where the Indian Mujahideen module had planned the Patna serial blasts.

Prabhat Tara ground in Dhurva, Ranchi, is adjacent to Sithio village.

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