NDA govt targetting Nehru-Gandhi family to weaken Cong: Patel

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel today alleged that the NDA government was indulging in revenge politics and targetting the Nehru-Gandhi family with a view to weaken Congress.
"The NDA government is indulging in revenge politics to weaken the Congress. The throwing of muck is not just happening now, since the Independence they have been doing this against the Nehru-Gandhi family. They know that to weaken Congress they have to target and weaken the Nehru-Gandhi family," Patel said in reply to a question over BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's recent charges against Rahul Gandhi.
"All the allegations are baseless and Rahul Gandhiji has given an apt reply," Patel added.

The political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi also said the results of local bodies' polls in Gujarat scheduled to be held on November 29 will bring a downfall of the ruling BJP in Gujarat.
The Rajya Sabha MP is here to campaign for his party ahead of local polls that are being fought amid the Patel quota agitation. Congress hopes to make a mark in the elections riding on the Patel quota agitation.
The Congress leader campaigned in Danilimbda ward for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections which are going to be held tomorrow.

"The result of the local bodies polls will bring the downfall of BJP in Gujarat. This polls will have a definite impact on the 2017 (Gujarat Assembly) elections," Patel told reporters here.

"I am hopeful that Congress will do very well in the local bodies polls," he said.
According to him, BJP's claim of 'Gujarat model' has failed in Bihar and common people are facing inflation and unemployment.
"The debt on the Gujarat government is Rs 1.75 lakh crore and they have to take loan to pay the interest. The growth rate of the state is around seven per cent, which earlier during Congress government used to be around 15 per cent. This tells the state of economy of Gujarat," Patel alleged
Voting for the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar will take place tomorrow, while that for 31 district panchayats, 230 taluka panchayats and 56 municipalities will take place on November 29.