CHIKKABALLAPUR, Karnataka — India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in a scathing on Sunday termed the Congress party-led coalition United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government as “remote controlled” as he raised the pitch for a strong and stable government at the center. Addressing a rally in Karnataka’s Chikkaballapur, India’s election front-runner Modi painted a gloomy picture for the UPA, claiming it would not be able to open its account in seats in several states and in many others, it would end up with a single digit.



“I ask you all people what type of government do you want in India? Do you want a government in Delhi, a lame government? Do you want a dumb government? Do you want remote-controlled government? Do you want a government which is lying dead in a hospital? ” Modi said. In a scathing attack on the UPA, he also asked, “Do you want a government which divides the country? Do you want a government which breaks promises? Do you want a government which destroys the future of the country’s youth?” BJP’s PM nominee was here to solicit support for party’s candidate Bacche Gowda who is pitted against Union Minister M. Veerappa Moily and former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, son of former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda. Modi’s “remote control” jibe came days after a book written by Sanjaya Baru, former media adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, stating that Sonia Gandhi was the remote control in UPA Government and Singh played a second fiddle to her.