Ahmedabad, Oct 26- Four days before Diwali, expect some political fireworks at an event in Ahmedabad where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are expected to share the stage on October 29.
Singh and Modi will share the stage at a function to inaugurate a museum dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s life here on October 29. Two days later, on October 31, Modi would be laying the foundation stone of a gigantic statue of the first Home Minister of the country near Sardar Sarovar Dam.
As the electoral pitch in the run-up to the 2014 General Elections has risen in the recent months, Modi has constantly attacked the PM for his “weak and feeble” response to Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s attack on Singh where he allegedly compared Singh’s concerns about India-Pak border tension to the lamentations of a “dehati aurat”. Modi also castigated the PM for being silent on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi publicly attacking him over the ordinance defending convicted MPs/MLAs. Modi called the assault on the PM’s dignity as “chirharan”.
Singh has also broken his famous silence and has been vocal against Modi in the recent months. While returning from his US trip, he told reporters early this month: “I sincerely hope all secular forces will combine to face the onslaught of people like Mr Narendra Modi. You will see that will happen when people realize what they are up for.”
The museum to be inaugurated on October 29 has been built by the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Memorial Society.
Union Minister Dinsha Patel, who is the chairman of the society had met Modi and invited him to the function.
The invitation card of the function says that the PM will be the chief guest and the Gujarat Chief Minister the special guest.
The BJP, and especially Modi have often accused Congress of ignoring Patel’s legacy and promoting Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.
-Indiatoday
