<p>"I never compared Modi to Mahatma Gandhi," Gadkari told reporters here, asserting that there were video clippings of his speech to prove it.<br /><br />"I said that Modi inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Deedayal Upadhyaya, was carrying out all programmes to help the poor and was following in their footsteps," he said, a day after his controversial remark.<br /><br />On his first visit to Gujarat as BJP chief, Gadkari had on Saturday drew parallels between Mahatma Gandhi and Modi, saying both believed that politics was an instrument to alleviate poverty.<br /><br />Gadkari had made the remarks, which was criticised by the Congress, during the visit that coincided with the 62nd death anniversary of the Mahatma.<br /><br />He asked the media to present "news as news and not to mix views" and to be fair and to report "only what is said."</p>
<p>"I never compared Modi to Mahatma Gandhi," Gadkari told reporters here, asserting that there were video clippings of his speech to prove it.<br /><br />"I said that Modi inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Deedayal Upadhyaya, was carrying out all programmes to help the poor and was following in their footsteps," he said, a day after his controversial remark.<br /><br />On his first visit to Gujarat as BJP chief, Gadkari had on Saturday drew parallels between Mahatma Gandhi and Modi, saying both believed that politics was an instrument to alleviate poverty.<br /><br />Gadkari had made the remarks, which was criticised by the Congress, during the visit that coincided with the 62nd death anniversary of the Mahatma.<br /><br />He asked the media to present "news as news and not to mix views" and to be fair and to report "only what is said."</p>
