Congress is spreading lies, disrespecting Sardar Patel, says Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of spreading lies over the world`s largest statue of Sardar Patel named "Statue of Unity" being built in Gujarat.

"They spread lies on Statue of Unity that it is Made in China. I saw false information in which the Congress President (Rahul Gandhi) equated the Sardar Patel statue with shoes Made in China," Modi was quoted as saying during his interaction with BJP workers through video conferencing via NaMo app.

All these years Congress disrespected Patel, Modi said adding: "How far they will to express their disliking for Sardar Patel?"

Modi`s remarks came two days after Gandhi while addressing a public rally in Madhya Pradesh`s Satna said that the statue being built for him in Gujarat is "Made in China" like the Made in China written on mobile phones, shirts and shoes.

"Modiji had promised to build the world`s largest statue of Sardar Patel in Gujarat. But later it was revealed that on the back of the statue it was written Made in China," Gandhi said.

In the last four years, the Congress has only spread lies, it has become arrogant, it has drifted away from the people, it has become insensible and it has failed to perform as an opposition, Modi added.

The Statue of Unity, which is 182 metres from the ground and 240 metres from the river base of Narmada, has been completed. The inauguration of the statue will be done on Vallabhbhai Patel`s 143rd birth anniversary on October 31 by the Prime Minister.