Congress' strategy is to divide people for power: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Sharpening his attack on the Congress in poll-bound Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused Congress of seeking to divide society on the basis of caste and religion.

Modi lashed out at the Congress, saying that it wanted to create "walls between brothers".

"The people of Gujarat know what the Congress is up to. It changes colour time and again, creates a wall between brothers," he said.


Addressing a rally in Bharuch district, Modi said the party made "one caste fight with the other, one religion fight with another. They keep you busy in fighting with each other. You may die but the Congress will eat 'malai' (cream)," he said.

The prime minister is slated to address two more rallies in Surendranagar and Rajkot later in the day. Bharuch goes to polls on Saturday.

Taking a dig at Congress after BJP's sweeping victory in civic polls in Uttar Pradesh, Modi said: "In UP, where Congress ruled for decades, the state from where generations of top Congress leaders belong. Congress was wiped out in the local elections. UP knows Congress well and so does Gujarat," Modi said.

Modi also hits out at Ahmed Patel, Congress' Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat.

"When there were floods in Banaskantha, Congress leaders were in Bengaluru to save one leader from losing a Rajya Sabha poll. That same leader is top-most Congress leader but what did he do for Bharuch? He was unable to work for Narmada, neither did he think about ro-ro ferry," Modi said.

Bharuch is the stronghold area of Ahmed Patel.

"Bharuch and Kutch are districts with significant Muslim populations. And, if you see the districts which developed rapidly under the BJP tenure in Gujarat, the names of these two districts figure prominently," he said.

PM said his only problem with Congress is that the party opposes BJP just for the sake of opposing. They oppose things like bullet train only because they could not take this initiative forward and are envious someone else is.

(Inputs from PTI)