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Updated May 14th, 2019 at 06:39 IST

"PM Modi running away from real issues", accuses Congress leader Hardik Patel

Congress leader Hardik Patel on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "running away" from "real issues" that affect people.

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Congress leader Hardik Patel on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "running away" from "real issues" that affect people.

He said that the prime minister should "stop advertising" himself in the media and the Bharatiya Janata Party candidates should stop seeking votes in PM Modi's name.

"He is running away from the real issues," Mr Patel said at a poll meeting in Chandigarh for Congress' Chandigarh Lok Sabha candidate and former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.

"Even their (BJP) candidates from various constituencies are seeking votes in Modi's name as they don't have any issue to talk about or flaunt the development in their constituency," claimed Mr Patel.

"Modi government snatched job opportunities from the youth instead of keeping its poll promise of providing two crore jobs," he claimed.    

The Congress leader also attacked PM Modi over the "false propaganda" about the development in PM Modi's home state of Gujarat ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

"In Gujarat, 55 lakh youth are unemployed... He (Modi) showed that face of Gujarat which never even existed," Mr Patel claimed.

Read: SHOCKING: Hardik Patel Slapped While Addressing Congress Rally In Surendranagar, Gujarat

Earlier on Friday, Congress Leader Hardik Patel had called PM Modi a 'Yamraj (God of death)' while addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh. 

"This land is the land of farmers and labourers. Why are you all sitting so quietly? Like some Yamraj has come amidst you all. There is one 'Yamraj' who is sitting in Delhi, I know that. But he is not here right now," he said.

Earlier during the third phase of polls on April 23, Patel had stirred a controversy saying that he will go to Nepal if he wants to find "Chowkidar (security guards) while targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the "Chowkidar" narrative.

"If I want to find Chowkidar, I will go to Nepal. I want a Prime Minister for the country who can provide a strong economy, youth, education, and forces. I don't want a Chowkidar, I want a Prime Minister."

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Published May 14th, 2019 at 06:39 IST

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