Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the CPI (M)-led government in Kerala was trying to disrespect the culture of the state. "Sabarimala got the attention of the entire nation. The people of India saw how the communist government tried to disrespect the culture of Kerala. Why is the government undermining the culture of the state? It's been done by a party which is governing the state," PM Modi told a huge gathering at a Yuva Morcha meet in Thrissur.

He said the opposition parties could abuse him as much as they wanted but should not mislead farmers. The PM said the doubled standards of United Democratic Front (UDF) and Left Democratic Front (LDF) have been exposed as they say one thing in Delhi and another in Kerala.

Slamming Congress leader Kapil Sibal over EVM hacking row, PM Modi said that the entire nation was amused to see a press conference being held in London. "On foreign soil, India's democratic ethos was questioned. And, who was spotted in that conference? A topmost Congress leader," PM Modi said.

Praising the NDA government for taking forward the Triple Talaq Bill to empower Muslim women, the PM said, "Neither the Congress nor the Communists have any concern for women empowerment. If they had any concern for them then these parties would have not been opposing the NDA government's efforts to ban triple talaq."

Asserting that his government values each and every person to make the nation strong, the Prime Minister said: "It is an honour that our government had the opportunity to facilitate a hardworking and patriotic ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan with the Padma Bhushan award. However, more than two decades ago, Narayanan was trapped in a false case, just because a few UDF leaders were settling political scores."