PM Modi targets Rahul Gandhi on Prime Minister remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Congress party President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after the latter publicly declared his Prime Ministerial ambition and wondered whether the country would ever accept such an "immature and naamdar (famous)" leader for the post. Modi's attack came a day after Gandhi said he was ready to occupy PM's post if his party wins 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Congress doesn't have confidence in his alliance partner
"The naamdar who doesn't have confidence in his alliance partners...who doesn't care for Congress's internal democracy, whose arrogance has reached cloud seven, is declaring himself that he would be the prime minister in 2019," Modi said. "Will the country ever accept such an immature 'naamdar' leader?" he asked during an election rally in Bangarapet in Kolar district of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.
Gandhi's remark is reflection of his "arrogance", says Modi
"There are leaders waiting for 40 years... he came all of a sudden and placed his bucket, and said I will become the Prime Minister," Modi said during the final lap of his campaign blitz in the election-bound state, where voting will be held on May 12. The Prime Minister asked the gathering whether it was not a reflection of the Congress President's "arrogance".
Gandhi's remark didn't show internal democracy in the party
Modi also wanted to know whether Rahul's remark did not show the state of internal democracy in Congress. Speaking about attempts to forge a front against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Modi said, "Big, big meetings are happening, big, big stalwarts are meeting" to remove him from power, but keeping them all in the dark, Gandhi declared he will be the Prime Minister.
Congress is a deal party, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Continuing his tirade against the Congress, Modi called it a "deal party". Modi said during Manmohan Singh's tenure as PM, the remote control of government was with the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi, but in four years of Modi's rule, it was with the people. He also said, "Congress culture, communalism, casteism, crime, corruption, and contract system" were the six Cs "destroying" Karnataka's future.
