New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on Indian Muslims that they will "live for India and die for India", was Saturday welcomed by many Muslim groups and leaders, even as some said that Modi should rein in leaders who "spew venom" against the minority community.

Maulana Kalb-e-Jawwad, imam of the Asfi mosque in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, said Muslims should breathe easy now since the prime minister has put their patriotism in the right perspective.