If voted to power, Modi will destroy nation: Farooq

Union Minister Farooq Abdullah today lashed out at BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, saying "he will destroy the country if he comes to power".
"If this man (Modi) sits on the Prime Minister's chair, he will destroy India's Constitution. People of every religion have right to live but this man says one thing and does the other," Abdullah told a public meeting here, 55 kms from Srinagar.
The meeting was organised jointly by the National Conference and its alliance partner Congress to seek people's support for coalition candidates for ensuing Lok Sabha polls in the state.
"He (Modi) is the one who could not respect his elders (in his party), how could he respect me or (state Congress president Saifuddin) Soz or you?" Abdullah said apparently referring to ouster of Jaswant Singh from the BJP.

Wooing voters, the NC president said "some people might have been hurt -- be that Congress or NC workers. I seek forgiveness from them but this is not the time to ask what we have done or not done."
"It is the time to think about the country. That is why I am telling you not to keep a grudge against us.
"I ask my brothers and sisters in Congress and NC that it is the question of saving the nation. It is the question for us whether we can save the nation or not," Abdullah said.