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Modi alleges distribution of watches with Chidambaram's pics

Ramanathapuram (TN): Sharpening his attack on P Chidambaram, BJP leader Narendra Modi today alleged wrist watches with photos of the Finance Minister were being distributed to voters and demanded a probe by the Election Commission.“In

PTI PTI Updated on: April 17, 2014 15:58 IST
modi alleges distribution of watches with chidambaram s pics
modi alleges distribution of watches with chidambaram s pics

Ramanathapuram (TN): Sharpening his attack on P Chidambaram, BJP leader Narendra Modi today alleged wrist watches with photos of the Finance Minister were being distributed to voters and demanded a probe by the Election Commission.


“In Tamil Nadu, there is a Congress leader—recounting Minister—he is so afraid that he ran away from elections,” Modi said, without taking Chidambaram's name while addressing an election rally in this town, bordering the union minister's native Sivaganga district.

On a whirlwind two-day electioneering in Tamil Nadu to canvass for NDA candidates, the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate continued to describe Chidambaram as “recounting minister”, a reference to his controversial win from Sivaganga constituency in 2009.

“Some people on this dais showed me a watch. It has the recounting minister's photo and his symbol. I was told that these watches are being given to every household. EC should take it very seriously. There should be a probe against the recounting minister and Congress,” he said.  

After Chidambaram opted out of the April 24 Lok Sabha polls, his son Karti Chidambaram has been given the Sivaganga seat.

Seeking to strike a chord with the locals, Modi raked up the problems of the firecracker industry in nearby Sivakasi, employing lakhs of workers, and slammed the licence fee hike and blamed it on the faulty UPA policies.  

He promised to take all steps for the welfare of the firecracker industry.
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