Gogoi dig at Modi over 'suitcase' government remark

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
Last Updated : Jun 01 2015 | 5:02 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling the erstwhile UPA dispensation a 'suitcase' government and wondered whether his "expensive" election blitzkrieg last year was "possible without receiving suitcases".
In a tweet, Gogoi said, "Poll blitzkrieg spearheaded by Modi was too expensive. Is it possible to run such a campaign without receiving suit cases????"
Reacting to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's aggressive "suit-boot ki sarkar" barb at the BJP-led NDA government, Modi had on May 30 said "suit boot is definitely more acceptable than suitcase.
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First Published: Jun 01 2015 | 5:02 PM IST

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