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LIVE: Gandhi family is 'arrogant' and 'power drunk', says Modi in Amethi

Amethi, May 5: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Monday tore into the Gandhi family, accusing them of not only being "arrogant" and "power drunk" but also of ignoring the welfare and interests of the

4:48 pm: Modi: When those people thought that we were bringing in Smriti Irani, they presumed that we were bringing a famous TV soap star who would at the most create some amount of trouble for Rahul. But it wouldn't make much of a difference.

But our real agenda behind sending Smriti Irani here was not to increase problems for Rahul but to decrease the problems in Amethi. Smritiji is a Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat. I gave her a district in Gujarat to work as a MP.

She did a remarkable job. It was then that I decided to send her to a place in UP that was most underdeveloped.

 When I did research, I found out that Amethi was the place that required most work. I had then taken the decision to work for this place so that people from all over the world come here and do case study. I have selected Smriti now it's your turn to select her.

4:46 pm: Modi: So far one thing is absolutely clear – whoever has voter so far has ensured two important steps. Firstly, mother- son government is now out of the competition. If they think they can take out people from the jail and form coalition, that too won't work.

Even the birds of prison cannot save them. Secondly, voters have laid the foundation stone for the next government in Delhi. Now brothers and sisters your work is to form a strong government in Delhi