In her first poll rally in 2 years, Sonia lashes out at PM Modi
Speaking at her first election rally in two years, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of intolerance and discriminating against Congress-ruled Karnataka, questioning his promise of “sabka saath, sabka vikas”.
With two days left for campaigning, the former Congress president launched a blistering attack against Modi, who is leading the BJP’s charge in the southern state that votes for a new assembly on May 12.
“Modiji is besotted with Congress-free India. Leave Congressfree India, he cannot even tolerate anyone in front of him,” Gandhi said, a few hours after the Prime Minister addressed a rally in Vijayapura.
Karnataka is the biggest of the four states that the Congress is still in power. It is also the only southern state where the BJP has had a government and the party
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is keen to replicate the success of 2008 ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Gandhi said Modi was a good orator but that would not feed people. “If his oratory can fill hungry stomachs, he must speak more often. Speeches cannot fill the stomach of the hungry. Speeches cannot empower women, cure those suffering from diseases, create employment.”
To counter Mod’s corruption charge against the Siddaramaiah government, Gandhi wondered when the lokpal, the anti-graft watchdog, would be put in place.