Addressing a gathering at Dhalpur ground in Kullu, Sonia took a dig at the so-called Gujarat development model. "Modi is trying to mislead the masses by promising he'll make this country heaven overnight, at a time when his state is under heavy debt and in dire straits," she said.
Sonia said Modi had assumed he would become the PM, even though people were yet to give a decision and the poll results were not yet out.
"A few days ago the Gujarat CM came and told you what his heart is asking for," she said. "His heart is craving only for the prime minister's chair. For doing politics he is using the names of martyrs. This is an attack on our basic principles and civilization, which has been our heritage for centuries." During his recent visit to Himachal Pradesh, Modi had invoked Kargil martyr Capt Vikram Batra's words, "dil maange more", while seeking 300 seats for the NDA.
Claiming Modi was trying to sell dreams to people, the Congress president said due to his mismanagement Gujarat was under a debt of Rs 1.75 lakh crore. "Forty per cent people in the state have been striving for drinking and irrigation water," she said. "Every second child below the age of five is suffering from malnutrition." She said according to the Gujarat government a person earning more than Rs 11 per day was above the poverty line.
Seeking votes for Congress's Mandi Lok Sabha candidate Pratibha Singh, Sonia said the state's people had suffered during the "misrule of the previous BJP government, which was neck deep in corruption and did not take measures for development".
Recalling the measures taken under "the leadership of [Prime Minister] Manmohan Singh", she said the UPA government had been trying to improve the conditions of roads and provide infrastructure.
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