Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the upcoming elections in Gujarat is not about 'Modi' the individual but the "achhe din" that is yet to arrive even after more than three years of BJP's governance at the Centre.
In a series of tweets, the Congress leader asked if Modi had forgotten he was the prime minister.
"Mr Modi's campaign is about himself, his past and the alleged disdain of Gujarat and Gujaratis. Has he forgotten he is Prime Minister of India?
Mr Modi's campaign is about himself, his past and the alleged disdain of Gujarat and Gujaratis. Has he forgotten he is Prime Minister of India?
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) November 28, 2017
"The Gujarat election is not about Mr Modi, the individual. It is about the promised achhe din that has not come in 42 months," he tweeted.
The Gujarat election is not about Mr Modi, the individual. It is about the promised achhe din that has not come in 42 months.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) November 28, 2017
The former finance minister said the prime minister does not talk about issues like joblessness, lack of investment, stagnant exports and price rise during the election rallies because he has no answers to the "hard reality", the PTI reported.
Asserting that Mahatma Gandhi had considered the Congress party the instrument to lead the freedom struggle, the Congress leader tweeted, “Gandhiji was, and is, revered as Father of the Nation; and Gandhiji's chosen instrument to lead the freedom struggle was the Congress party," Chidambaram asserted.
Mr Modi has forgotten that Gandhiji was an Indian and son of Gujarat; Gandhiji was, and is, revered as Father of the Nation; and Gandhiji's chosen instrument to lead the freedom struggle was the Congress party.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) November 28, 2017
The prime minister and the BJP, he added, may now "desperately embrace" Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, "but the redoubtable Sardar had rejected the BJP's parent RSS and its divisive ideology".
PM and BJP may now desperately embrace Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, but the redoubtable Sardar had rejected the BJP's parent RSS and its divisive ideology.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) November 28, 2017
According to PTI, during his election campaign in poll-bound Gujarat, the prime minister had, on Monday, targeted the Congress saying the grand old party was “"disconnected from the aspirations of people of India and involved only in misleading people and creating an atmosphere of pessimism".
(With PTI inputs)