Accusing the Centre of misusing CBI for political benefits, he said on the contrary had even a single allegation cropped up against him or other BJP leaders, the CBI would have put them behind bars within a minute, but has not done so in the case of Prime Minister.
"I want to ask those who are playing games day and night to save the Delhi government. Allegations have been levelled against the PMO. A senior official has directly made allegations against the Prime Minister in the Coal scam.
The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate warned the Centre that it had only six months left before elections and it would expose all the "misdeeds" of the present regime in the 200 days left ahead of polls.
Modi once again targeted Rahul Gandhi, addressing him as "Shehzada" (Prince) and attacked him for giving lessons on secularism, claiming that his remarks on Muzaffarnagar riot victims approached by Pak agencies came from his talk with a police officer seeking a Congress ticket from Rajasthan.
He accused the CBI of misusing it for political benefits and to target political opponents by "muzzling their voice, scaring them, suppressing them and putting them behind bars".
Modi said the government was unable to control the spiralling onion prices and blamed the Congress-ruled states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, where most onions were grown, for the rise in prices of the vegetable.
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