PM in Gandhinagar: Cong lied to India, insulted Gujaratis, stalled projects

Congress' online campaign 'Vikas' gone crazy; Modi dared Congress to fight Gujarat polls on development plank

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in gujarat on Monday excoriated the Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family, accusing it of disliking Gujarat and Gujaratis who were an "eyesore" for them and lowering the standard of politics.

Addressing the BJP workers at Gaurav Mahasammelan in Gandhinagar in poll-bound Gujarat, the Prime Minister said that the Congress party never focused on service and involved in dynastic politics.

Modi said "negative" politics was responsible for the current condition of the Congress, which once ruled all over the country and gave so many prime ministers from one family.

"The Congress's only agenda is to save one family," he said.

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He also accused the Gandhi family of insulting non-Gandhis and said: "Non-Gandhis have always been insulted in the Congress. They don't like Gujarat and Gujaratis. When Morarji Desai became prime minister, they spread rumours about what he drank and what he didn't. They didn't talk about his ideals, about his dedication to Mahatma Gandhi's cause."...Read More

Modi's mother queues up at a bank to exchange cash

As thousands continue to struggle daily in the wake of the central government’s surprise move of demonetising of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes since November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mother, Heeraben on Tuesday was seen joining the serpentine queues of a bank in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

Heeraben, who is aged above 90 years, went to the bank to exchange currency worth Rs 4,500.

Ever since its announcement, the move has been facing several road blocks in terms of implementation with public anger simmering in the wake of dysfunctional ATMs, and long queues and limited cash at banks.

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