PM's speeches don't fill stomachs: Sonia Gandhi targets PM in Karnataka

Vijayapura/Bengaluru: Battleground Karnataka on Tuesday saw an all-out war of the titans with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacking the Congress over corruption and divisive politics and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, addressing her first election rally in two years, questioning the Prime Minister on his policies and anti-corruption stand, while accusing him of indulging in hollow speeches that had failed to fill hungry stomachs in the country.

Appealing to Mr Modi to “stop fooling people by delivering hollow speeches one after another”, the UPA chairperson, who arrived in Vijaypura a few hours after the Prime Minister’s rally there, said, “I agree that Mr Modi has the ability to deliver speeches. But I would like to ask him whether his speeches help fill people’s stomachs. If they did, I would want him to continue giving more and more speeches.”

“Mr Modi’s speeches can’t empower women and youth as you need a leader to implement effective programmes. Only speeches can’t find a solution to the grave problems which farmers in the country are facing today. To find a solution to country’s problems, a leader should have firm resolve to implement programmes effectively,” she stressed.

“What happened to Mr Modi’s promise of non-corruption? Where is Lok Pal? What is your model of anti-corruption?” she asked.