Muckrakers at Work ; Political Parties Are Turning to Their Dirty Tricks Departments Which Are Certain to Make the Elections the Dirtiest Ever

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Campaign oratory has taken on a darker persona across the country. And nowhere is it more evident than in Gujarat where voters will elect a new government in December. The campaign has not yet got into top gear but politicians are already spouting venom about each other.

Sample Chief Minister Narendra Modi's remark, after the Ram Sethu controversy broke out: "Ram wasn't born in Rome. So how would Sonia behen know about the importance of Lord Ram." That was enough to invite this retort from B.K. Hariprasad, Congress general secretary in charge of Gujarat: "Modi should ponder over his own origin. People outside Gujarat do not know which gutter Modi was born in and even Modi will not know who fathered him."

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Muckrakers at Work ; Political Parties Are Turning to Their Dirty Tricks Departments Which Are Certain to Make the Elections the Dirtiest Ever

Once again, retribution was swift. Addressing a public meeting at Surat, BJP state chief Purushottam Rupala dug it deep into the Congress: "The Congress should ponder over the...

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