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| Narendra Modi Brings Battle to Gand |
| Narendra Modi Brings Battle to Gandhi Doorstep
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| INDIA
, 10-May-2014
7:55:52 AM |
| In Amethi, the Gandhis are omnipresent. From computer centres to public hospitals, their brand is built-in to the landscape with resolute references to Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, and even Sanjay Gandhi, whose wife and son are with the opposition BJP. (Watch)
For decades, the Congress has banked on the belief that history offers protection against the assault of the future's changing winds, especially in Amethi, a seat the party has lost just twice.
But in the home constituency of pilot-turned-politician Rajiv Gandhi, his son, Rahul, won't get a soft landing warned Narendra Modi, the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, as his chopper entered the heart of the Gandhi stronghold on Monday afternoon.
Rahul, 43 is asking for a third term as Amethi's MP. His mother, Sonia, represents next-door Raebareli. Priyanka, 42, is managing their campaigns. (Also read: Rahul Gandhi, flanked by entire family, files nomination)
They are clocking their last few hours in running the country, Mr Modi declared. In a lengthy hard-hitting speech packed with take-downs of the Gandhis, Mr Modi accused them of failing Amethi, for ignoring its development, for taking its people for granted. "I want India to change," he said, "and I want that change to start with Amethi." (Opinion: Narendra Modi's Ebullient Speech in Amethi)
For the first time, Priyanka, who has displaced other Congress leaders and most notably her brother as the party's top headline-stirrer in the last fortnight, was not exempt. Mr Modi didn't name her, but in his most scathing and direct comments on her yet, accused her of unbridled arrogance, which, he said, had been laid bare when she responded with a dismissive "Who?" to questions about his party's candidate, Smriti Irani. He also taunted the media for the vast television and print space Priyanka has occupied in the past fortnight. (Highlights of Narendra Modi's speech at Amethi rally)
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