Lok Sabha Election 2019: Will PM Modi hang himself if Congress gets more than 40 seats, asks Mallikarjun Kharge

Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress in Kalaburagi: Wherever he goes, Modi keeps saying that Congress will not win 40 seats. Do you believe that? If Congress gets more than 40 seats, will Modi hang himself at Delhi's Vijay Chowk? pic.twitter.com/ti3uPIYqlV

ANI (@ANI) May 12, 2019

"Don't waste your vote," PTI had quoted Modi as saying earlier. "Better to vote for a party that is coming to power and you can strengthen it with your vote. The only question now is if the BJP will better its own 2014 tally."

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This Lok Sabha election has already seen several instances of politicians making controversial comments for their opponents.

On Friday, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu asked voters in Indore to free the country from the rule of "Kale Angrez" (Black Britishers) and "chowkidars" as he took a jibe at the ruling BJP.

"Yeh Congress Mahatama Gandhi ki party hai, Maulana Azad ki party hai. Yeh Congress desh ko goron se Azadi dene wali party hai... Aur tum Indore walon ab Desh ko kale angrezon aur chowkidaron se azadi dilaogee... Apne vote ko chota mat samjho...," the cricketer-turned-politician said.

Last month, Sidhu called PM Modi a traitor during his speech in Bhopal. The Congress leader had accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stealing money from government-controlled banks and called him "rashtra drohi" or traitor.  

On Tuesday, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam likened PM Modi to "modern-day avatar of Aurangzeb".

#WATCH Sanjay Nirupam, Congress, in Varanasi: I feel that the person that people here have chosen- that Narendra Modi is actually the modern incarnation of Aurangzeb. (07.05.2019) pic.twitter.com/u6x0UsgU3D

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