Rahul Gandhi assaults Modi, says he "partitioned" nation

Kannur(Ker), Apr 17 Hitting out at the Prime Minister,Congress President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday affirmed that Narendra Modihas "partitioned" the nation and made it battle inside itself.

Speaking to reporters here after the Parliamentary coordination committee meeting, Gandhi held Modi responsible for the rising unemployment among the youth, farmers' suicides and supposedly giving Anil Ambani Rs 30,000 crore as part of the Rafale deal.

"Narendra Modi isolated the nation and made the nation battle inside itself. The most enemy of national thing to be done in this nation today is creating a situation by which 27,000 youngsters are losing their job every 24 hours.

Against national behavior is crippling our agricultural system and constraining a huge number of farmers to commit suicide is anti-national behavior," Gandhi said.

"Taking Rs 30,000 crore and offering it to Anil Ambani is against national behavior. Narendra Modi should answer why he allowed every one of these things to occur," he said.

The Congress chief also pointed out that three major topics the nation needs to talk about were economic backwardness, agrarianc risis and corruption, but Modi was not even ready to address the press.

Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to the state, had addressed a series of rallies in central Kerala Tuesday.

Gandhi, who is challenging from Wayanad, as a second constituency in addition to his stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, would address four public meetings in the Lok Sabha constituency.

Kerala goes to polls on April 23 in the third phase of polling.

There are 20 constituencies in the state, which is witnessing a direct battle between the ruling CPI(M)- drove LDF and the Congress-headed UDF in many seats.

However, the BJP-led NDA is giving a tough fight in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathnamthitta and Thrissur bodies electorate.