Rebuffing the oppositions criticisms that the ruling NDA is using the national security issue for electoral gains, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said rooting out terror is essential so that the money can be used to improve the living conditions of the poor.
Addressing a rally in this north Bihar town, Modi also claimed that Congress-led opposition was in jitters after the "favourable response" to the NDA in the first three phases of elections.
He alleged, "The Mahamilavati gang has given up seeking proof of Balakot terror strikes and started finding fault with EVMs."
Modi also mocked at regional satraps nursing prime ministerial ambitions saying "even those who are contesting a mere 40, 20 or - as we see in Karnataka just eight seats
seem to be standing in the queue."
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