India, April 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a veiled jibe at Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar by calling him "Bhatakti Atma" (wandering soul) which is involved in political instability in Maharashtra since past four and a half decades.

Speaking in Pune as part of canvassing for Mahayuti's Lok Sabha candidates from Pune, Baramati, Shirur and Maval - Murlidhar Mohol, Sunetra Pawar, Shivajirao Adhalrao, and Shrirang Barne respectively, Modi said the country needs to be saved from such wandering souls in order to provide stable and strong government.

Without taking names, Modi said there are some souls whose wishes are unfulfilled, and they keep wandering.

"Maharashtra has also been the...