Darbhanga, Oct. 30 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating an illusion of being pro-poor, stating that his participation in the recent Chhath Puja festival was "dramatised" purely for political publicity.
Addressing a Grand Alliance rally in Darbhanga, Gandhi used the incident to launch a sharp attack, underscoring his broader theme that the current government's priorities favour the wealthy elite over the common citizen.
Gandhi accused Modi of performing "pure drama for votes," referring to the Chhath Puja incident in which, he said, "recently, during Chhath Puja, a special pond near the Yamuna river was created and filled with clean water brought through pipelines for Modi, while a few hund...