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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he will do anything to become PM… divide into many pieces…make people fight against each other.
Addressing a rally in Balod, Rahul said, Modi PM banna chahta hai, uske liye wo kuch bhi kar dega. Wo tukde-tukde kar dega…wo ek ko dusre se lada dega (Modi wants to become PM, and will do anything for that. He will divide into many pieces… make people fight against each other).
Blaming the BJP for the Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar riots, he said BJP members beat up people in other states and make Hindus fight against Muslims.
Questioning the BJP claims of empowering women Rahul said Gujarat Chief Minister taps phones of women, puts police before women. How do you empower women then? In Bangalore, women are being beaten up. A BJP minister has committed rape. Twenty thousand women from Chhattisgarh are missing.
Highlighting the UPA government achievements, he said, Our biggest project is a manufacturing corridor. Today, whatever you wear, watches etc, are Made in China. We want that in the coming years they carry the Made in India (label). For this, we have set up a manufacturing corridor, from Delhi to Mumbai, Mumbai to Chennai, Chennai to Bangalore and Delhi to Kolkata.
Rahul, however, was silent on the Maoist issue, although he was speaking in an area that falls under Kanker constituency which has a significant presence of Maoists.
