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Sonia Gandhi asks Modi to read history again

Muzaffarpur (Bihar): Accusing BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of "lecturing" as if he was the "cleanest of them all", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday advised him to read history again to know about

PTI PTI Updated on: May 05, 2014 20:28 IST
"People found involved in corruption cases are in his cabinet. For the past 10 years, the post of Lokayukta is lying vacant," she alleged and attributed this to efforts to "hide corruption under his government in the state."

The Congress President alleged that the BJP's poll agenda was not for the country but for votes.

"Similar is the case of LJP, the new friend of BJP and those who were with them for 17 years, who change faces frequently," she said in a veiled reference to JD(U) of Nitish Kumar.

With Congress in-charge for the state Satyavratha Chathurvedi and PCC chief Ashok Choudhary present on the dais, Gandhi said despite the fact that Congress was not in power in Bihar for past many years, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government provided liberal finance to the state for its development.

Saying that the country stood on a "do raha" (two paths), she appealed to the voters to make a sanguine choice between Congress-led UPA which stands for unity and progress of the country and BJP, whose aim is she alleged was to divide the society on the lines of caste and religion.

She listed achievements of the UPA government by bringing progressive legislations like MGNREGA, Land Acquisition Bill, and Food Security Act among others.

Raghubansh Prasad Singh in his brief speech made reference to 2002 Godhra riots and the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asking Narendra Modi to follow "raj dharma."

"How can such a person be Prime Minister of the country?" he asked.

Sonia Gandhi's election rally at Muzaffarpur on the last day of campaigning was delayed by more than one hour. She wound up her speech in 15 minutes at 4:35 pm.
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