Mahendergarh (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that the country could not be run on the politics of untouchability and that parties will have to rise above this to take the country forward.

Addressing a political rally for the Oct 15 assembly polls in Mahendergarh town of south-west Haryana, Modi criticised the Congress party for its reaction to his recent statement of celebrating the birth anniversary of the country's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.