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Modi, Sonia trade charges at poll rallies

By The Assam Tribune

KARNAL (HAR)/BEED (MAH), Oct 4 � As they kickstarted campaigning for the October 15 Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi today traded charges, with the former attacking the Congress regime for having done �little� in the last 60 years and she likening him to �empty vessels� making noise, reports PTI.

Attacking Gandhi, Modi said, �Those who ruled for 60 years are demanding the account of what my government did in 60 days. Petrol and diesel prices are down. I promise you I will pull the country out of the current mess in 60 months.�

Modi, who addressed a series of rallies in the two poll-bound states, urged the people to dump the Congress and give a clear majority to BJP, promising them a strong and stable government.

The Prime Minister was hitting back at Gandhi who, while addressing an election rally in Meham in Haryana, accused him of trying to �show off� as if everything has been done only after his government came to power and asked what happened to his promise of bringing back black money stashed abroad.

�They are creating such an atmosphere as if nothing has happened in the country since Independence and they will change everyone�s fortunes overnight. Have any steps been taken by the BJP to fulfil the promises made during the Lok Sabha elections,� she asked.

�Has inflation come down? Is the poor man getting food at cheaper rate? Have the unemployed got jobs?� she asked.

In a swipe at Modi, she said, �empty vessels make the most noise. Being loud doesn�t mean you are speaking truth.�

�What happened to their promise of getting back the black money from abroad within 100 days of coming to power. Have any steps been taken in this regard? Absolutely not,� Gandhi said in a blistering attack on Modi, hours after he urged voters in Haryana to oust the Congress, targeting it over alleged land scams and �anti-farmer� policies.

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