Gujarat fight turns bitter
Modi, Rahul spar as state votes in first phase today.
New Delhi: In the high-octane run-up to crucial first phase of elections in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi traded charges on Friday. Addressing a rally, Mr Modi carried on his attack on suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar and sought to know if he had gone to Pakistan to offer a ‘supari’ (contract for killing) on him.
Taking the moral high ground, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, addressing a rally at Banaskantha, said, “The Congress respects the chair of Prime Minister. No one in the Congress is allowed to insult the Prime Minister. Modiji can say anything about us. That’s why we took strict action against Mr Aiyar.”
Mr Modi said, “After I became Prime Minister, this man (Aiyar) went to Pakistan and met some Pakistanis. In that meeting, he is seen discussing with Pakistanis that ‘jab tak Modi ko raaste se hataya nahi jata... (until Modi is not removed from the way), the relations between India and Pakistan can’t improve’. Someone tell me what is the meaning of raaste se hatana.