Referring to Gandhi, he said the "shehzade" had said that the country needs its 1.25 crore people to act as watchmen guarding its resources but he was himself relying on tainted leaders.
"And what are the people with whom you have allied. Can those be trusted, the people with whom the Congress has allied, who have just come out of jail," he told a poll meeting in Jhumartaliya in the district.
"Will these be the watchmen with which you will guard the country?" Modi said.
Prasad, who has been convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment last year, is on bail and had allied with the Congress both in Bihar and Jharkhand.
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