Not Congress, but CBI will fight upcoming polls, says Narendra Modi

This is for the first time since the anointment of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate that he is sharing the stage with veteran leader L K Advani. (PTI)

Accusing the UPA government of misusing the CBI to target political opponents, Narendra Modi on Wednesday said it will be the agency that will "fight" the coming assembly and Lok Sabha elections and not the Congress party.

"The Congress party is not going to field candidates in the elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Delhi and the next Lok Sabha polls. Congress will not fight the next Lok Sabha elections but will field the CBI instead," he said addressing a big BJP workers' congregation.

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In a show of unity, all the top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday shared stage at a public rally in Bhopal. This was for the first time since the anointment of Modi as the party's Prime Ministerial candidate that he shared the stage with veteran leader L K Advani.

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Witnessed by the top party leadership, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said Congress should be overthrown as its government at the Centre discriminates against BJP and NDA-ruled states.

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He claimed Congress does not have the power to take on BJP and the people are going to punish it for their problems.

"We have to free this nation of the Congress. We have to free this nation of Congress' actions. Free the nation from the corruption of the Congress," he said and asked the crowd whether they would implement Mahatma Gandhi's last wish that the Congress party should be wound up after independence. The crowd shouted back with a resounding yes.