Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of distorting facts, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on November 20 said he had never mentioned his father in any of his speeches. Mr. Modi’s false allegation against him was yet another jumla (locution), as it was so characteristic of the Prime Minister to twist the things, Mr. Kharge said.
Addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh, Mr. Kharge said Mr. Modi, despite being in power for 23 years, first as the Gujarat Chief Minister and later as the Prime Minister, was still fond of “crying victimhood” to gain public sympathy. “Beware of such hypocrites and their hypocrisy. It is very dangerous,” he said.
Mr. Modi had accused Mr. Kharge at a public meeting in Nagaur on Saturday of making derogatory remarks about his deceased father. He referred to the Congress president’s comments in Hyderabad, where he had described both the Prime Minister and “his baap [father]”, referring to Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, as liars. Mr. Kharge said Mr. Rao did not have the money to fulfil his promises.
