Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi’s allegations against him, Narendra Modi Friday said the Congress vice-president’s comments were comical and he could soon force stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma to “shut his shop”. “I feel the TV serial of comedian Kapil Sharma will close in a few days. His (Rahul Gandhi) videos can be shown and all the exertion of the elections will go away. You will not have to go anywhere for entertainment,” Modi said at an election rally in favour of party leader Uma Bharti. He said, “Rahul at his rally in Gujarat had said that there are 27,000 crore posts vacant in the state, but he failed to realise that India’s population is only about 125 crore.” Attacking the SP government in Uttar Pradesh, Modi alleged that here the number of fire-arm licences was higher than number of families. In the same vein, he said the importance of the Election Commission will be proven “only if it ensures a safe polling for the people who are being terrorised by other parties using guns”. Meanwhile, referring to a leaked video clip in which she described Modi as a “Vinash Purush” (agent of destruction), Uma Bharti said she has great regard and respect for party’s prime ministerial nominee. “Those who leaked the clip failed to realise that two days after that incident, I travelled through Gujarat and saw the development with my own eyes. I was impressed,” she added. Attacking Rahul Gandhi, Bharti said his Bundelkhand package has failed to reach the people. On the ‘outsider’ tag being levelled on her, Bharti said, “I want to ask them where is Sonia Gandhi from. They can accept her, but not a daughter of Lalitpur.”
