Congress not bothered about improving inflation: Narendra Modi

BANDIKUI: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today slammed Congress over the high inflation and alleged that its leaders have become very arrogant and were not bothered in improving the situation.

"Look at the arrogance of the Congress leaders, despite the high inflation they are not bothered in improving the situation," Modi said while addressing a gathering at poll-bound state here today.

"Even the government does not say what it will do for providing relief from the inflation," the BJP veteran added.

He further alleged that the Congress is making fun of the poor and all its promises to bring down the inflation before the Lok Sabha elections have fallen apart.

Not naming Rahul Gandhi, the Gujarat Chief Minister said the Congress Vice-President would never realise what poverty is because he has never seen it himself.

"Their (Congress') Shehzada says that poverty is nothing but a state of mind. One who has not seen poverty cannot understand what poverty is," he alleged.

The BJP leader also alleged that the Congress believes in "Ghartantra" instead of "Gantantra", and it should go for the sake of development and growth of the country.

On the steep rise of onion prices, Modi mocked that on the day when Sachin Tendulkar was batting in his last Test at the Wankhede, people were talking whether the Master Blaster or onion would first hit a century.