Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had a tiff with Congress president Sonia Gandhi during the Lok Sabha elections. The fight may resume again.
Modi on Friday had a dig at Gandhi, who is chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance, and said he would write a letter in Italian to draw the Centre's attention on rising prices.
"I have written a number of letters to the Central Government on the issue of price rise. I have written letters in the language they can understand urging them to take steps to do something about the rising prices of food items," Modi said.
"But I think that they have no empathy for the poor people and it seems that they are not willing to take steps to control rising prices," he said. "Now I need to write a letter in Italian."
"They (Centre) had organised a meeting on the issue of price rise. But have now postponed it saying that they have some other work. I don't understand what work is more important than addressing the issue of price rise," Modi said at a public rally in Patan district.
"Keeping poor people hungry in this manner will lead to nemesis of the Central government.
"Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had said that if Central government release one rupee for poor, only 10 paise reaches them. By organising such melas I have tried to solve this problem," he said.
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