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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

India TV News Desk Published : May 05, 2014 7:09 IST, Updated : May 05, 2014 19:48 IST
Recounting how his government had checked the school dropout rate of girls by building over 76,000 toilets in schools, Modi said he was pained to see the situation in one of the most hyped constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.

"Three generations have gone by hoping and dreaming. I do not want the young generation to throw away their's by the hollow promises sold by the Gandhi clan," he said, as youngsters clapped and whistled.

Slamming Congress president Sonia Gandhi's comment that he practised "politics of anger", Modi said Rajiv Gandhi, then as Congress general secretary, had humiliated a party chief minister in Andhra Pradesh.

He said Sitaram Kesri was thrown out of the Congress on the wishes of Sonia Gandhi and even the mortal remains of former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao were not allowed to be kept at the Akbar Road office of the party because she had wanted it that way.

"This trend of anger has been continued by Rahul Gandhi who humiliated the prime minister by terming as 'nonsense' an ordinance passed by the cabinet," he said.

Modi also took an indirect jibe at Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on how she had responded to a reporter's question on Smriti Irani by asking who was she.

Stating that such "arrogance" has no place in democracy, Modi urged the people to end dynastic politics and instead vote for development. Amethi goes to the polls May 7.

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