Chances are he would talk about the many 'parikshas' the marginalised in India have to fight daily, and the 'parikshas' of conscience each of us face when we see the persecution of those who do not belong to the majority faith.
The political messaging was akin to his emotive election speeches, rather than including any concrete evidence to counter the opposition’s allegations against his government.
If sending migrants home was a crime then Modi seems to have forgotten his own complicity in it. The reason behind the migrant exodus was a 21-day lockdown that he himself imposed with only four hours’ notice.