Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged the people of Chhattisgarh to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term in office to make India a developed nation, and ‘Bharat Mata’ a ‘Vishwa Guru’.

Sounding the poll bugle at a rally at Janjgir town in the BJP-ruled state, he also hit out at the Congress, accusing it of delaying the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya for 75 years.

“The coming (Lok Sabha) elections will decide the future of the country. These elections are to make India a fully developed nation, and to make Bharat Mata (Mother India) a `Vishwa Guru’ (world teacher),” the senior BJP leader said.