Watch: He's begun to speak, now we know there'll be no quake,' Modi mocks Rahul

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday mocked Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at an event in Varanasi, a day after the latter accused him of receiving money from Sahara and Birla groups.

While Modi did not directly respond to Rahul’s accusations, he tore into the Congress leader with one jibe after another for claiming that he had information that could cause an ‘earthquake’.

“It’s a good thing that he (Rahul Gandhi) has begun speaking, now we know that there is no scope of an earthquake,” Modi said as the crowd broke into peals of laughter.

“The citizens of the country have understood him. He (Rahul) had said that ‘in a country where 60% of the people are illiterate, how can Modi talk of online banking?’ You tell me, have I done some magic to make someone illiterate. That 60% of this country is illiterate, whose report card are you giving?” Modi asked, suggesting that the previous Congress governments were responsible for the current state of affairs.