However, he (Modi) had experienced poverty as a child and even sold tea in railway stations, the Gujarat Chief Minister said, adding for him, welfare of the poor was service to God.
Hitting out at the Congress-led UPA, Modi said people were fed up with the 'deaf and dumb' government and were in a punishing mood to show the door to it in the elections.
He also took a dig at Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, describing him once again as a 'recounting Minister', a reference to his controversial election in 2009, and said he had run away from the electoral race this time.
Modi also questioned the Congress leader on the Nirbhaya Fund announced last year, saying nothing had been spent from it and alleged he was trying to hoodwink the people by once again making an allocation this year in the interim budget.
