Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress over pending irrigation projects in the country, especially in the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra and also took a dig at the Nationalist Congress Party founder Sharad Pawar.

Speaking at a public rally in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district Modi asserted that the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will cross the 400-seat mark in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and said the next five years will see rapid development in the country.