<p>A war of words broke out between Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over constructing a statue of India's first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandhi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not understand Patel's ideology but was erecting his statue, to which Modi hit back, saying the Congress has "forgotten Patel".<br />The Gandhi scion, speaking at a rally in Bardoli in Gujarat, said: "Those who do not understand the ideology of Sardar Patel want to make his statue."<br /><br />He added: "A poisonous mentality killed Mahatma Gandhi."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Modi at his rally in Guwahati, said the Congress has forgotten the ideology of Patel.<br /><br />"Everyone says that you are from BJP and a part of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and you are constructing the statue of unity... For you, he must be just a party leader (of Congress), for us, he us a national leader," Modi said.<br /><br />"Sardar Patel is a national figure. He doesn't belong to any party. The Congress has forgotten him. We have forced them to remember him after 60 years," he added.<br /><br />Modi has announced the statue of Patel on the banks of the Narmada in Gujarat, would be the tallest in the world.</p>
<p>A war of words broke out between Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over constructing a statue of India's first home minister Vallabhbhai Patel.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Gandhi said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not understand Patel's ideology but was erecting his statue, to which Modi hit back, saying the Congress has "forgotten Patel".<br />The Gandhi scion, speaking at a rally in Bardoli in Gujarat, said: "Those who do not understand the ideology of Sardar Patel want to make his statue."<br /><br />He added: "A poisonous mentality killed Mahatma Gandhi."<br /><br />Meanwhile, Modi at his rally in Guwahati, said the Congress has forgotten the ideology of Patel.<br /><br />"Everyone says that you are from BJP and a part of RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) and you are constructing the statue of unity... For you, he must be just a party leader (of Congress), for us, he us a national leader," Modi said.<br /><br />"Sardar Patel is a national figure. He doesn't belong to any party. The Congress has forgotten him. We have forced them to remember him after 60 years," he added.<br /><br />Modi has announced the statue of Patel on the banks of the Narmada in Gujarat, would be the tallest in the world.</p>