Addressinng an election meeting in Chambi in Shahpur Assembly constituency in Kangra district, Modi said the Congress’ mindset was as harmful to Indian democracy as a termite “is to the wood it comes in contact with it”. “And since this mindset ran down three-four generations into the Congress, it was important that such a party to be uprooted from power. At every polling booth, the Congress should be wiped out as it is like a termite, which is eating away India.”