Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi for insulting Bengaluru calling it as 'garbage city'

Rahul Gandhi/ File Pic

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for insulting Karnataka capital Bengaluru calling it as a "garbage city".

Gandhi alleged that the Modi government provided urban infrastructure funds of Rs 598 crore for the poll-bound state as compared to Rs 6,570 crore -- 1,100 percent more -- assistance made available by the previous Congress-led UPA regime. The data, Gandhi added, was sourced from the Union Urban Development Ministry.

"Dear PM, Calling Bengaluru, the garden city & the pride of India a "garbage city" is insulting. The building lies come naturally to you, but you seem to find building cities very difficult. The data nails your lies," Gandhi said on Twitter.

In a full-scale attack on the Siddaramaiah government, Modi had yesterday accused it of having turned Bengaluru into a "garbage city and valley of sin" from "Silicon Valley".

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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from PTI

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