Congress, its leaders hurled different types of abuses at me 91 times, says PM

Training guns on the Congress over its President M Mallikarjun Kharges venomous snake barb at him Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said till now that party and its leaders have hurled at him different types of abuses 91 timesAccusing the Congress of also abusing the dominant Lingayat community in pollbound Karnataka the Prime Minister further said the grand old party had even abused Babasaheb Ambedkar and were engaged in abusing Veer SavarkarHitting out at the Congress Modi on his first visit to the state for campaigning after elections were declared on March 29 said people will respond to its abuses with votes and as much mud they sling at BJP the lotus will bloomThe Congress hates everyone who speaks about the common man who brings out their corruption who attacks their politics of selfishness Congresss hate against such people will become permanent In this election too the Congress once again has started abusing me Modi saidAlso Read Karnataka polls Rahul Gandhi promises Rs one crore to each village panchayatAddressing a public rally here in Bidar district he said someone has made a list of such abuses against me and it has been sent to me Till now Congress people have abused me 91 times with different types Had Congress people put efforts in good governance and boosting the morale of its workers instead of wasting time on this dictionary of abuses Congress would not have been in such a pathetic plightMaking a speech in a campaign rally in poll bound Karnataka which goes to polls on May 10 on Thursday Kharge likened Modi to a venomous snake As a row erupted he later backtracked stating that his intention was not to hurt anyones feelings and the statement was not for PM Modi but for the ideology he representsModi said Insulting those who work for the poor and the country is Congress historyIm not the only one who has been attacked like this Last election they ran a campaign Chowkidar chor hai then they said Modi Chor then they said OBC community are chor and now just the election season has started in Karnataka they showed the guts of calling my Lingayat brothers and sisters chorCongress people listen with open ears whenever you have abused someone they have punished you in such a way that you have not been able to withstand it This time Karnataka has decided to respond to the abuses the pain inflicted to their pride through votes he saidNoting that abuses are hurled at him by top Congress leaders Modi said the Congress is such a party that had abused Babasaheb AmbedkarBabasaheb Ambedkar himself had once said in detail that Congress abused him repeatedly Congress had called Babasaheb Ambedkar Rakshas Rashtra Drohi Dagabaaz Dostyou will be shocked to hear Even today we see how Congress abuses Veer Savarkar Congress has abused stalwarts of this country he saidLooking at this I feel that Congress respects me like they did to Babasaheb Ambedkar Veer Savarkar as Congress is abusing me in a similar way I feel it as a gift to me Let the Congress abuse me I will continue to work for the country and its people With your blessings all their abuses will get mixed in mud Congress people understand as much mud you sling at us the lotus will bloom he addedKarnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and Union Minister Bhagawanth Khuba among others were presentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever