PM MODI CAN DO 'ANYTHING FOR VOTES, EVEN DANCE', ALLEGES RAHUL; PRADHAN HITS BACK

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that he would do "anything for votes, even dance", and accused the BJP of running the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar "by remote control".

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Kicking off his poll campaign with back-to-back joint rallies alongside the INDIA bloc's CM face Tejashwi Yadav in Muzafarpur and Darbhanga, Gandhi said, "You must have seen the drama on TV that Modi was going to take a dip in the Yamuna for Chhath Puja. It was shelved when it was exposed that a puddle had been formed with clean, piped water since the river is so filthy."

"Narendra Modi is ready to enact all types of drama. You try telling him at a poll rally that, Mr Prime Minister, we will vote for you if you dance. He will readily perform Bharat Natyam," he claimed.

Taking strong exception,

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is the BJP's in-charge for the polls in Bihar, said Gandhi's remarks are against basic norms of civility in public discourse.

"He has insulted the PM, and in effect, heaped scorn on Chhath Puja," Pradhan told PTI-Video.