Modi's words, body language show fear for grand alliance: Patel

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said Monday Narendra Modi's recent remarks about the Opposition's grand alliance and his body language proved that the prime minister was "afraid" of its unity.

"As you have noticed, the PM has now started talking about the 'maha gathbandhan' in his speeches. It shows that the alliance has injected some kind of fear in his mind. Even his body language proves he is now scared of Opposition unity," Patel told reporters here Monday.

Modi had on Sunday dismissed the grand alliance as an alliance of "corruption, negativity and instability", saying while those parties have "money power", the Bharatiya Janata Party has "people's power".

On Saturday, leaders of 22 parties had come together for a mega rally in Kolkata and declared to fight unitedly in the upcoming general election to oust the Modi government, which had "passed its expiry date".

Addressing Congress workers here Monday, Patel said the BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha polls was imminent, as all ...