Bardoli (Gujarat): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today launched a blistering attack on Narendra Modi, slamming him for his roots in RSS "whose ideology killed Mahatma Gandhi" and debunking his claims of development in Gujarat.

Congress's chief campaigner for Lok Sabha elections also accused Modi, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, of "empowering himself" and his disregard for transparency in governance. "He (Modi) has spent his entire life in RSS and has nothing to do with the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel. Its (RSS') ideology killed the Mahatma and Patel proposed to ban it after that," Rahul said addressing a rally here.