<p>Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cynically remarked that BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would have “sidelined” even Atal Bihari Vajpayee the way he treated his “guru” L K Advani and veteran leader Jaswant Singh, had the former Prime Minister continued to be in public life at this juncture.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing an election rally at Karauli in Rajasthan, Rahul said Advani and Jaswant Singh have been sidelined... (Atal Bihari) Vajpayeeji would have faced a similar situation, had he been in public life at this juncture”.<br /><br />Continuing in the same vein at an election rally he addressed at the BKC ground in north-central Mumbai on Sunday night Rahul turned the lens on the manner in which Modi had “sidelined” the party’s veteran leader and his “guru” Advani.<br /><br />“Earlier we used to hear from him that senior leaders like Vajpayeeji, Advaniji, Jaswant Singhji and Sushmaji. Advaniji was like a Guru to him ( Modi). He (Modi) sidelined Advaniji and told him that this is not your place now. He brought Adani in his place and told the industrialist: we need you. He gave Adani 45,000 acres of land at a nominal rate of Re 1 per metre,” the Congress vice president said.<br /><br />Rahul for the first time tore apart Modi for the latter’s Gujarat model of development, “toffee model” and BJP’s “India Shining" campaign.</p>
<p>Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cynically remarked that BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would have “sidelined” even Atal Bihari Vajpayee the way he treated his “guru” L K Advani and veteran leader Jaswant Singh, had the former Prime Minister continued to be in public life at this juncture.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing an election rally at Karauli in Rajasthan, Rahul said Advani and Jaswant Singh have been sidelined... (Atal Bihari) Vajpayeeji would have faced a similar situation, had he been in public life at this juncture”.<br /><br />Continuing in the same vein at an election rally he addressed at the BKC ground in north-central Mumbai on Sunday night Rahul turned the lens on the manner in which Modi had “sidelined” the party’s veteran leader and his “guru” Advani.<br /><br />“Earlier we used to hear from him that senior leaders like Vajpayeeji, Advaniji, Jaswant Singhji and Sushmaji. Advaniji was like a Guru to him ( Modi). He (Modi) sidelined Advaniji and told him that this is not your place now. He brought Adani in his place and told the industrialist: we need you. He gave Adani 45,000 acres of land at a nominal rate of Re 1 per metre,” the Congress vice president said.<br /><br />Rahul for the first time tore apart Modi for the latter’s Gujarat model of development, “toffee model” and BJP’s “India Shining" campaign.</p>
