Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lowering the political discourse to gutter level by calling Rajiv Gandhi "corrupt".
The former Union minister alleged that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was running away from the "real issues" and trying to divert the people's attention.
Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, Modi had targeted the former prime minister while attacking Congress president Rahul Gandhi and said, "Your father was termed Mr Clean by his courtiers, but his life ended as bhrashtachari (corrupt) no 1."
Canvassing here for Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal who is pitted against BJP candidate Kirron Kher and AAP's Harmohan Dhawan, Sharma further said Modi failed to fulfil poll promises and hurt the country's economy with his "flawed decisions."