PM Modi assaults Congress for comparing sliding rupee and his mother

Chhatarpur (MP), Nov 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday hit out at the Congress Saturday, days after its leader Raj Babbar compared the rupee's slide and the age of his mother, saying those who did not have issues to discuss, depend on manhandling another person's mom.

Addressing a rally here, Modi, in an apparent dig at UPA administrator Sonia Gandhi, said 125 crore individuals of the nation were the "central leadership" of his administration, which was "not remote-controlled by a madam".

Hitting out at the Congress on Babbar's comments, he stated, "When one doesn't have issues to talk about, he resorts to abusing somebody else's mother."

The Congress leader had kicked up a line in Indore Thursday when he compared the falling value of rupee against US dollar with the age of the prime minister's mother.

Assaulting Gandhi, Modi alleged that "coffers of banks were exhausted for the rich amid the madam's administration". "Be that as it may, our government opened doors of banks for the needy youth," Modi said.

The PM asked why the Congress was stressed over Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan being called "mama".

"They are concerned Shivraj is called mama...Why, don't you recall (Ottavio) Quattrocchi mama and Warren Anderson ( then chairman of the Union Carbide) mother," he stated, alluding to the Bofors outrage and the 1984 Bhopal Gas tragedy.

He said the Congress was voted out of power in Madhya Pradesh 15 years ago because it indulged in the politics of divisiveness.