The Gujarat Congress on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on Sonia Gandhi regarding the price rise issue.
"Modi has no right to attack Sonia Gandhi, who is Congress party president. If Modi wants to write on the price rise, he must write to the prime minister," state Congress president Siddharth Patel said at a media briefing here.
Modi, referring to sharp rise in prices of different commodities on Friday had said that he was tired of writing to central government regarding price rise.
"It seems I will have to write in Italian in order to make them understand," Modi had said.
Patel said, "Modi's language shows his standards. It appears the chief minister has become desperate after the Supreme Court handed over Sohrabuddin's fake encounter investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation."
He also lashed out at Modi on his 'Garib Kalyan Mela' saying the state government has not launched a single programme or scheme for welfare of poor sections of society in the state.
"He is distributing cheques, and other benefits to the poor people in Garib Kalyan Melas are from the central government schemes and programmes. Not a single new scheme has been launched by his government in the state," he said, attacking Modi.
According to Patel, the central government has launched the National Rural Employment Generation Scheme, which provides employment and livelihood to the poor in rural areas.
He said the Kisan credit card, India Avas Yojna, students' scholarships, pension to senior citizens are central government sponsored schemes and the state government has not made any financial contribution for these schemes.
