NEDUKANDAM: Minister M M Mani attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech. A person hearing Modi’s speech will think that he came directly to the border and fought war, the minister said while inaugurating the election convention of LDF candidate Joyce George’s Udumbanchola assembly constituency in Idukki.

Mani said, “If heard Modi’s speech seeking votes by raising the security of the country, one will think that he directly went to the border and fought war to retain peace. The BJP government had swallowed the slogans raised in previous polls and has arrived again with empty promises. The people of the country will give an apt reply to Modi and his aide through this election, he said.

The minister said the country's proud soldiers give their life and guard our borders. They fight for the whole country. It is being campaigned that the soldiers who suppress terrorism are fighting for the BJP and Modi. The present RBI governor is the puppet of Modi. If he asks him to sit, the governor will lie down. The RSS elevated Modi as the Prime Minister and Amit Shah as BJP all India president for leading the Gujarat riots, Mani said.

The minister also attacked the congress. Whenever congress comes to power, corruption will escalate and this have led to their downfall, he pointed.