"excellent ties" with Sharad Pawar, who attacks him at rally:Narendra Modi
Mumbai: Shortly after Narendra Modi spoke about his "excellent personal relations" with him, Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar directed a sharp jibe at him, saying he had never seen a prime ministerial candidate who sought votes for himself.
"We have seen Prime Ministers like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and now Dr Manmohan Singh. But they never asked people to vote for themselves but for the country. But here is a person who is seeking votes for himself," Mr Pawar said at an election rally in Mumbai yesterday.
"Previous Congress Chief Ministers such as Madhavsingh Solanki, Amarsinh Chaudhary and Chimanbhai Patel had done better work than Modi. He is taking credit for the hard work of ordinary Gujratis," he said.
His criticism came on a day Mr Modi said in an interview, "Politically Sharad Pawar and I trade sharp criticism, personally both of us have good relations."
Mr Pawar, 78, has rubbished speculation that he was warming up to the BJP after he said in February that there was no need for a debate on Mr Modi's alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when the courts had ruled on it. He reportedly even met Mr Modi, but dismissed it as routine.
"We have seen Prime Ministers like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and now Dr Manmohan Singh. But they never asked people to vote for themselves but for the country. But here is a person who is seeking votes for himself," Mr Pawar said at an election rally in Mumbai yesterday.
"Previous Congress Chief Ministers such as Madhavsingh Solanki, Amarsinh Chaudhary and Chimanbhai Patel had done better work than Modi. He is taking credit for the hard work of ordinary Gujratis," he said.
His criticism came on a day Mr Modi said in an interview, "Politically Sharad Pawar and I trade sharp criticism, personally both of us have good relations."
Mr Pawar, 78, has rubbished speculation that he was warming up to the BJP after he said in February that there was no need for a debate on Mr Modi's alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots when the courts had ruled on it. He reportedly even met Mr Modi, but dismissed it as routine.
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