'PM Should Not Mislead the Country': Rahul Gandhi on Modi's 'Black Magic' Dig

Congress leaders had hit the streets on 5 August in black clothes to protest against price rise and unemployment.

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed Congress' black clothes protest as "resorting to black magic," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the PM should not mislead the country by talking about superstitious things like "black magic."

Targeting Congress, Modi had said on Wednesday, 10 August, that those who "believed in black magic" would never be able to earn people's trust.

"Some people are resorting to black magic as they are immersed in despair and negativity. We saw on 5 August that there was an attempt to propagate black magic. These people think that by wearing black clothes, their period of despair will end," the prime minister said, according to news agency ANI.

Responding to PM's statement, Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi that "in order to hide his black exploits, the PM should not lower the dignity of his post and mislead the country by talking about superstitious things like 'black magic'. PM needs to answer to the issues of common people."