Rahul calling 'Statue of Unity' Made in China shows disrespect: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the Congress for spreading falsehood to mislead people and accused it of insulting Indias first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by calling his Statue of Unity as one Made in ChinaThe Congress as the government was corrupt and a failure which is known to every citizen In the last four years the Congress has only spread lies it has become arrogant it has drifted away from the people it has become insensible and it has failed to perform as an opposition Modi said during his interaction with BJP workers through video conferencing via NaMo appModi remarks came while responding to a question of a party worker from Uttar Pradeshs Basti parliamentary constituency The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP leader was asked what the party workers should do to deal with the false and baseless allegations being made by the oppositionThe Prime Minister said the Congress only agenda is to throw muck on others spread lies and repeat them loudly and mislead peopleSlamming the Congress for spreading lies over the worlds largest statue of Sardar Patel named Statue of Unity being built in Gujarat was Made in China he said They spread lies on Statue of Unity that it is Made in China I saw false information in which the Congress President Rahul Gandhi equated the Sardar Patel statue with shoes Made in China he saidThey are taking Sardar Patels name like this All these years they have disrespected Sardar Patel he said adding How far they will to express their disliking for Sardar PatelModis remarks came two days after Gandhi while addressing a public rally in Madhya Pradeshs Satna on Thursday said that the statue being built for him in Gujarat is Made in China like the Made in China written on mobile phones shirts and shoesModiji had promised to build the worlds largest statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat But later it was revealed that on the back of the statue it was written Made in China Gandhi saidThe Statue of Unity which is 182 metres from the ground and 240 metres from the river base of Narmada has been completed The inauguration of the statue will be done on Vallabhbhai Patels 143rd birth anniversary on October 31 by the Prime MinisterIf you look at their behaviour over the last few days you will all canard they are spreading Remember when the government brought the poor of the country closer to bank and banking services they spread the lie that their money is not safe in banksEveryday they plan and everyday they spread lies Their motive is to mislead the people of the country they want to create an atmosphere of fear to do politics he allegedModi also asked his party workers to do indepth research on the issues raised by the Congress to give them befitting reply He asked them to defend the government and party works through social media platforms and the NaMo appModi would also interact with the party workers from Rajasthans Chittorgarh Uttar Pradeshs Basti Jharkhands Dhanbad and Chhattisgarhs Bilaspur parliamentary constituencyCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Except for the change in the headline the story has been provided ASIS AS AVAILABLE without any verification or editing from our side Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever