'Fear started in Congress, lies falling apart', PM Modi makes unusual attack on Sonia's Karnataka visit

BENGALURU: As the election fever reached the final lap in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Congress in an unprecedented way implicitly mentioning Sonia Gandhi. ‘ Fear has started in congress camp. Their mountain of lies and promises are slowly crumbling down. To divert that, they have brought in special names from Delhi” Modi never mentioned Sonia Gandhi directly but the comment had all the needed flavor to make it the TV headlines.

Due to health-related ailments, Sonia Gandhi was keeping a distance from public rallies for a long. The sudden return of Sonia to Karnataka buoyed the enthusiasm in the Congress camp. PM Modi minding the changing tides made the remark in a bid to not give away the spotlight to the congress leader as elections are just around the corner in the southern state