Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being the “most anti-national” and accused him of “dividing the nation”.
Reacting to Modi’s allegation of the Congress turninganti-national, Gandhi said his grand old party has an exceptional track recordof fighting forces that attack the nation.
“Thousands of Congress workers have laid down theirlives, fighting such forces. Today the most anti-national act is the act of Modiwho is dividing the nation,” said Gandhi as he kicked off his day-longcampaign here in Kerala.
“Crippling the agricultural system, leading to farmerssuicide is another anti-national act of Modi. Youths loosing their jobs is alsoanother anti-national act. Modi has failed in all these and it’s time that heanswers,” he told the media at a presser here.
Gandhi said the three key issues ruling the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls are destruction of the Indian economy, personal corruption of Modi andthe plight of the farmers.
“We are looking forward to forming the nextgovernment,” said Gandhi as he was about to leave, when a few questionswere hurled at him.
The Congress leader, taking them returned to his seatsporting a smile, and said: “How come the Prime Minister does not have theguts to face the Kerala, Odisha or the Delhi media?”
From Kannur, Gandhi will make a whirlwind visit to fiveassembly constituencies in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, from where he iscontesting the polls.
He is also fighting from his traditional Amethi Lok Sabhaseat.