Sonia, Modi lock horns over Sir Creek

Responding to Sonia’s charges, Modi took a jibe at the Congress chief, asking her to do her ‘homework’ before coming to the state for election campaign. He accused her of trying to mislead the people.

In an attempt to connect with the voters, Gandhi also spoke briefly in Gujarati making an appeal to them to return the Congress candidates with huge margins. Campaigning for the second phase of the Assembly polls on Monday ends tomorrow.

Gandhi charged that Central funds were misused by the Gujarat government to harp on false development claims and ‘fake image building’. Without taking Modi’s name, Sonia, while addressing a poll rally in Kalol town of Gandhinagar district, said, ‘Our UPA government for agriculture development, water harvesting...and for other such type of schemes has made large funds available to them...which is the right of Gujarat also’.

‘But, those funds are mis-utilised here to trumpet false claims of development and for your fake image building,’ Gandhi said targeting Modi.

She said UPA government provided 50 per cent more funds to Gujarat than the BJP-led NDA government.

‘To benefit some special people and businessmen, all these schemes were used for them. Common man is not getting any benefit,’ the Congress leader alleged.

She also alleged that the issue of Sir Creek was being raised for ‘political interest’ and asserted that her government will not allow anyone to play with the unity of nation at any cost.