
"There is no place for violence, which does no good to anyone. I appeal to those who have picked up the gun to shun it and pick up the plough.
This is your country and work shoulder to shoulder in developing it," he said addressing a poll meeting at Chandua in Naxalite-hit Latehar district, where the rebels laid siege to a train a few years ago.
The prime minister urged the people to preserve democracy without letting anything to stain it. Referring to the state, he said