From the ramparts of a Red Fort replica made for him in a Chhattisgarh town, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi fired canon balls at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress party and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
"Congress party's hubris has touched the heavens. It is not ready to treat citizens as citizens but a burden," Modi said. He was speaking at a rally in
Ambikapur, a senior BJP leader said explaining the choice of backdrop for the rally, which concludes Raman Singh's Vikas Yatra. Chhattisagarh is gearing for assembly elections later in 2013.
While praising his Chhattisgarh counterpart Ram Singh's governance, he drew comparisons b
etween UPA creation of Telangana and the formation of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh states during BJP rule.
He said the people of the three states and their parent states were happy while the Congress government in Karnataka had to impose curfew to control the situation arising out of the formation of Telangana.
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi's remarks on poverty----the Cong vice president had termed poverty a 'state of mind'---Modi said Rahul's statement would have pained his grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
He rapped Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the state of the economy, saying "the rupee is battling for life at hospital because of PM Manmohan Singh's treatment". At the same time, he lauded Raman Singh, also a doctor, for taking "Chhattisgarh to new heights".
"Congress party's hubris has touched the heavens. It is not ready to treat citizens as citizens but a burden," Modi said. He was speaking at a rally in
While praising his Chhattisgarh counterpart Ram Singh's governance, he drew comparisons b
He said the people of the three states and their parent states were happy while the Congress government in Karnataka had to impose curfew to control the situation arising out of the formation of Telangana.
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi's remarks on poverty----the Cong vice president had termed poverty a 'state of mind'---Modi said Rahul's statement would have pained his grandmother, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
He rapped Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the state of the economy, saying "the rupee is battling for life at hospital because of PM Manmohan Singh's treatment". At the same time, he lauded Raman Singh, also a doctor, for taking "Chhattisgarh to new heights".
