MEHSANA: Launching a month-long campaign in poll-bound Gujarat, chief minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday unleashed a barrage of criticism targeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and the state Congress.
On a day when the comprehensive gutka-ban came into force in the state, Modi urged people to wipe out Congress in the state. "We should work towards "Congress-free Gujarat" on the lines of "gutka-free Gujarat" to wipe out "cancer", he said.
Signalling that he would fight the polls on the plank of "injustice meted out to Gujarat", Modi struck an aggressive tone to kick-start his 2012 month-long campaign through Swami Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Yatra from Becharaji in Mehsana, where Maruti is coming up with a car plant.
Seeking a fourth term in office, Modi also slammed the Congress for "attacking the constitutional authorities", accusing it of whipping up an atmosphere of anger against the government auditor CAG like it did against the Supreme Court in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
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"I have faced multiple probes, now let the Prime Minister face a SIT probe on coal block allocations," he said, adding "To corner me, they form an SIT whenever they want to."
"I appeal to him (Manmohan Singh) and Congress to come forward and have a competition in facing probes," Modi said adding, "Let us see who has more prowess in facing such probes."
Taking a swipe at Congress, the Chief Minister alleged that the opposition party was not alone in fighting the assembly polls, as the CBI was also with them.
He alleged that the Congress had a habit of targeting constitutional authorities by creating an atmosphere of anger against the institutions that did not toe its line.
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