31.3.14

Pathetic campaign !


The Congress candidate from Saharanpur Imran Masood, who threatened to chop the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi into pieces, was arrested early on Saturday morning.
He was later produced before a Saharanpur court, which remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days.
Mr. Masood was caught on video saying, “If Modi tries to turn Uttar Pradesh into Gujarat, then we will chop him into tiny pieces... I am not scared of getting killed or attacking someone. I will fight against Modi. He thinks U.P. is Gujarat.”
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi disapproved of his intemperate remarks.
At a rally in Saharanpur on Saturday, Mr. Gandhi, without naming Mr. Masood, said the Congress did not believe in the politics of anger.
“A few months ago, our candidate used harsh words for the opposition candidate. That’s not our tradition. No matter what the Opposition says about us, we always respond respectfully,” Mr. Gandhi said.

Election campaigning touched another low with Baba Ramdev equating Congress chief Sonia Gandhi to demoness Taadka (a figure from Hindu mythology), and describing Congress leaders as Kansa and Ravana. Ramdev’s diatribe did not stop there, he went on to dub Sonia Gandhi as a“Videshi Looteri Bahu”.
When asked what was stopping him from defeating Sonia, he said, “Sage Vishwamitra was also powerful enough to kill Taadka, but he opted for Lord Rama and Lakshman. Similarly, the demon prowess, which has gripped the country, would be given a befitting reply by Modi and Rajnath Singh.”
Reiterating his earlier promise of not contesting polls, Ramdev further said he would be following ‘Rashtra Dharma’ and ‘Sanyaas Dharma’. He also mentioned that if BJP fielded strong names from Amethi and Rae Bareli, it would have a good chance of turning the tables in the Gandhi bastions.

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