Rahul sees ‘Cong. tsunami’ in Gujarat, urges party to respect PM’s office

TIL Desk/National/Thara (Gujarat)/ Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday asserted that his party will sweep the Gujarat state polls in December, as a “tsunami is coming and the (ruling) BJP is scared of it”, and exhorted his party not to speak low of the office of Prime Minister even while criticising the government.

He said the electoral battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress was a “battle of truth versus lies”, but asked his party to exercise restraint even while criticising the government’s policies and not get personal.

“(Prime Minister Narendra) Modi may say anything about us, but we will not indulge in any loose talks about him and maintain the decorum of the office of Prime Minister.”

Gandhi was referring to some party leaders who during the election campaign termed Modi as “feku (one who makes baseless claims)” or “gappabaaz (a big liar)”. In the fourth leg of his three-day pitched regionwise campaigns, Gandhi exhorted the people to demonstrate their anger through votes.