Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, took potshots at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a rally organised. The Congress-NCP-RPI (Kawade) alliance kicked off its official LS campaign for Pune, Baramati, Shirur and Maval candidates yesterday.

No Modi: Dy CM Ajit Pawar, CM Prithviraj Chavan and NCP chief Sharad Pawar. Pic/Mohan Patil

“By insulting and sidelining senior party (BJP) leaders, Modi has shown that he doesn’t want competitors,” said CM Chavan. He even compared Modi with Adolf Hitler, stating that though Germans elected Hitler through a democratic process, he became a dictator.