New Delhi, May 14 (With inputs from PTI) : Rahul Gandhi vows to never insult Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother and father despite the latter attacking the former’s party and the Nehru-Gandhi family in recent times. Gandhi says he will retaliate with love but never resort to insulting Modi’s parents.
“I will die, but will never insult his mother and father”, Rahul Gandhi has stated, as quoted by PTI news agency. Modi’s hatred filled rhetoric towards Rahul Gandhi’s grandfather, father and mother will be returned with love, Gandhi says.
Personal comments have made their way into the political narrative of the two leaders as the last round of polling remains. Rahul Gandhi responds with “love and hugs” while the PM calls his father “corrupt no.1”. Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee is much less forgiving in her statement of hitting Modi with the “slap of democracy”.
The verbal onslaught goes back and forth as Priyanka Gandhi calls Modi “Duryodhan” and Modi accuses Rajiv Gandhi and family of going on vacation on Navy’s INS Virat, claiming they have compromised national security, at a rally in Delhi last week.