"BJP never accepts incidents (of violence) which are taking place in the country. Peace, unity and harmony are the pre-requisites for progress and there will be no compromise on this.
"Those who have suffered a massive defeat in the elections are still not able to desist from engaging in old vote-bank politics. They are engaged in disturbing the social fabric," Modi said addressing the BJP's National Council meeting here.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who stormed the Well of the Lok Sabha to demand debate on rising communal violence, has said the violence in UP was "artificially and deliberately engineered".
In this hour, Modi said, BJP workers will have to play a crucial role to ensure communal and national unity so that the nation moves forward.
"When the country makes progress, its 125 crore people make progress," he said.
Talking about his government which was formed after BJP's landslide victory, the Prime Minister said "different and tough yardsticks" are being applied to gauge its performance.
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