<div>TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister Mamohan Singh as a "tool" of Congress president Sonia Gandhi while praising BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /><div>Speaking at an event here, Naidu shared the stage with Modi as he denounced what he said was a "drama" by the Congress on the ordinance on convicted parliamentarians.<br /><br /></div><div>"We saw the drama around the ordinance on convicted lawmakers. They brought the ordinance, then Rahul Gandhi spoke against it," Naidu said.<br /><br /></div><div>"Even the prime minister is just a tool in the hands of Sonia Gandhi," he added.</div><div>Naidu lauded Modi and the BJP-led NDA government, which the now ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee headed, for pursuing development work.<br /><br /></div><div>"Earlier they used to talk only about Hyderabad. Now everyone talks only about (economic) development in Gujarat."<br /><br /></div><div>He praised the NDA government, which his Telugu Desam Party had propped up, for starting the Golden Quadrilateral road project and for creating over six million jobs.</div><div>He slammed the Congress for India's economic troubles.<br /><br /></div><div>"In its over five decade rule since independence, Congress-led governments failed terribly to improve country's growth, which was reeling at a mere 3-4 percent till 1990. <br /><br /></div><div>"It was only during P.V. Narsimha Rao's term when the country's growth improved after he introduced economic reforms."</div><div><br /></div></div>
<div>TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister Mamohan Singh as a "tool" of Congress president Sonia Gandhi while praising BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /><div>Speaking at an event here, Naidu shared the stage with Modi as he denounced what he said was a "drama" by the Congress on the ordinance on convicted parliamentarians.<br /><br /></div><div>"We saw the drama around the ordinance on convicted lawmakers. They brought the ordinance, then Rahul Gandhi spoke against it," Naidu said.<br /><br /></div><div>"Even the prime minister is just a tool in the hands of Sonia Gandhi," he added.</div><div>Naidu lauded Modi and the BJP-led NDA government, which the now ailing Atal Bihari Vajpayee headed, for pursuing development work.<br /><br /></div><div>"Earlier they used to talk only about Hyderabad. Now everyone talks only about (economic) development in Gujarat."<br /><br /></div><div>He praised the NDA government, which his Telugu Desam Party had propped up, for starting the Golden Quadrilateral road project and for creating over six million jobs.</div><div>He slammed the Congress for India's economic troubles.<br /><br /></div><div>"In its over five decade rule since independence, Congress-led governments failed terribly to improve country's growth, which was reeling at a mere 3-4 percent till 1990. <br /><br /></div><div>"It was only during P.V. Narsimha Rao's term when the country's growth improved after he introduced economic reforms."</div><div><br /></div></div>