Modi only knows how to abuse: Digvijay

Madhya Pradesh, Nov 19: As

hits the campaign trail in MP, Congress leader

trained his guns on him, saying the

's Prime Ministerial candidate will not have an impact as he has no vision for the country and "only knows how to abuse".

The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister also claimed that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government is taking credit for works initiated during his tenure and challenged the Chief Minister to an open debate on development work carried out during their respective tenures.

Hitting out at Modi, the Congress leader said he won't have any impact as "People have now realised that this man only knows how to abuse. He has not projected any vision for the country and his tall claims of Gujarat model of development have been exposed".

"Modi's ignorance of Indian history, of the history of even Bhartiya Jang Sangh is something, which people have now understood," he told PTI in an interview during a campaign trail in Rajgarh, a Congress strong-hold represented by Singh twice in the past. Asked about Chouhan's defamation notice to Congress leadership over "defamatory" advertisements against his family, the AICC general secretary said that he would prove the charges of personal corruption against the Chief Minister’s family in court.

Modi has not projected any vision for the country and known only to abuse: Singh

Singh, who was Chief Minister of the state for ten years before the BJP, then led by Uma Bharti, in the state replaced Congress here in 2003, also says that the "hype" about Shivraj model of development is not matched by facts.

"They (BJP) had levelled charges of corruption against Digvijay Singh. I filed defamation case against Uma Bharti, Sundarlal Patwa (both former Chief Ministers of BJP), and Vikram Verma.They have not been able to prove a single charge of corruption against me.

"Now I am levelling charges against Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his family and I dare him to bring about a show-cause notice and lodge a defamation case against me. I will prove in the court that not only he but his whole family has been corrupt," Singh said. He also stated that the "dumper scam" was not investigated properly.

PTI