Congress keeps abusing me and losing: Modi
Hindustan TimesStarting the second phase of his campaign in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the attack to the Congress over personal remarks made by the party. Referring to the “poisonous snake” comment by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Modi said he considered it an honour to be insulted by the Congress. Had Congress people put efforts in good governance and boosting the morale of its workers, instead of wasting time on this dictionary of abuses, Congress would not have been in such a pathetic plight.” Accusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat community in poll-bound Karnataka, the Prime Minister said the party had even abused BR Ambedkar and was engaged in abusing VD Savarkar. Reacting to the PM’s comments, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said he has been playing the victim card in Karnataka as “he leaves the dirty tricks to Shah and Yogi to polarise”. “Predictably PM Modi has begun his much-delayed Karnataka campaign by playing victim card, pleading for a completely discredited so-called ‘double engine’ sarkar and abusing Congress.