Ahmedabad, April 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday criticised previous governments for neglecting India's manuscript heritage for political reasons as he inaugurated the Samrat Samprati Museum at Gandhinagar's Koba Teerth, housing over 2,000 rare objects tracing the evolution of Jainism. The museum is dedicated to the Samrat Samprati Maharaj (224-215 BC), a preacher of non-violence. "After independence, searching for... manuscripts and preserving them should have been a national responsibility. But unfortunately, due to a colonial mindset, no attention was paid to this," said Modi, who is on a day's visit to Gujarat. "Earlier, such work used to happen through a political lens. How to set the narrative of one political family, how to frame things based on vote bank calculations, everything revolved around that. We have ended this mindset." He referred to the government's manuscript digitisation initiative, the Gyan Bharatam Mission, and saints such as Jainacharya Shri Padmasagar Surishwarji Maharaj Saheb, who spent 60 years travelling across India to locate manuscripts. "More than three lakh manuscripts, written on palm leaves and birch bark, that knowledge hundreds of years old is today safely preserved and compiled at Koba. This is a great service to India's past, India's present, and our future," he said. Earlier on Tuesday, Modi conveyed his greetings on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Mahavir. saying his life and teachings illuminate the path of truth, non-violence, and compassion. Modi was scheduled to travel to Sanand to inaugurate the Kaynes Semicon plant, according to a government statement. The plant, which will have a production capacity of 6.33 million units per day, has been set up with an investment of about Rs.3,300 crore under the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM). In Banaskantha, Modi will lay foundation stones and inaugurate development projects worth over Rs.20,000 crore. He will inaugurate the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway, built at a cost of over Rs.5,100 crore....