Chief ministers of Congress ruled states fear mixing with people: Narendra Modi

KORBA: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said here today that chief ministers of Congress ruled states refrain from going among the people fearing that people may throw stones at them.

"Chief ministers of Congress-ruled states fear going among the public. Wherever Congress leaders dare to go, people show them shoes because they failed to give accounts of their work during their tenure," Modi said.

Addressing a rally in Korba assembly constituency, around 200 kms away from Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, he attacked Congress bigwigs like UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi and state Congress chief Charandas Mahant over several issues.

"Congress is trying to mislead people by saying that people will suffer an electric shock if they press buttons of BJP candidate on electronic voting machines. Through such statements, they are trying create an atmosphere of fear. The Election Commission should take immediate action against such misleading publicity," Modi said.

However, the Kunkuri assembly constituency returning officer has already served a notice to senior Congress leader and former chief minister Ajit Jogi for allegedly violating the poll code by misleading voters over the functioning of electronic voting machines when they cast their vote.

Modi said that the people of Korba committed a big mistake in 2009 elections by not choosing a BJP candidate from the Korba Lok Sabha constituency.

"In the previous election, people in the Korba Lok Sabha constituency committed a big mistake. They elected a person who even does not believe the tribals and the soil of Chhattisgarh," Modi said, without naming Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Charandas Mahant, who is the Congress MP from Korba.