Daijiworld Media Network

New Delhi, Apr 7: PM Modi targets Gandhi family to distract the electorate and hide is own failure, alleged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday April 7.

Speaking to Congress and NCP workers at party headquarters in Pune, Pawar lashed out at PM Modi and said that the latter had done nothing in last five years. "Because of Rajiv Gandhi's telecom revolution, millions of Indians are using mobile phones today. It was due to Congress that technology brought change into lives of millions of Indians. Forget ushering in a new tech revolution, PM Modi can't even protect our country," he said.

Pawar who has formed an alliance with the Congress against the NDA in Maharashtra for Lok Sabha elections, said, "If workers from both the parties decide from the bottom of their heart and meet citizens at their doorstep, the alliance will defeat the NDA.

Blaming Modi government's policy for farmer suicides in the state, Pawar, a former Union Agriculture Minister alleged that over 18,000 farmers committed suicide in the last 4 years. The "anti-farmer" policies of Modi government are responsible for destroying the lives of thousands of farmers, he added.

Tearing into the BJP on the issue of defence and demonetisation Pawar recalled Modi's statement made during PM Manmohan Singh's tenure. "Modi had promised to eliminate 10 Pakistani soldiers for each Indian soldier killed. But unfortunately 693 Indian soldiers died at the border during incidents of ceasefire violations from Pakistan," he added.

PM Modi is responsible for 100 ATM deaths in Maharashtra due to demonetisation. Also 15 lakh youths lost their jobs because of demonetisation and promise of creating 2 crore jobs each year fell flat, he alleged.

Defeating BJP is a national responsibility of the Opposition, he said appealing Congress and the NCP to bring about the change.