Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and said that PM Modi is using many techniques to hide his own failure. Pawar questioned PM Modi's performance in last five years and alleged that the PM often targets Gandhi family to distract voters.

Pawar said that it is because of Rajiv Gandhi's work that millions of Indians are using mobile phones today. He was referring to telecom revolution that took place during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure as Prime Minister of India. He added that it was due to Congress that technology brought change into lives of millions of Indians.

"Forget ushering in a new tech revolution, PM Modi can't even protect out country," said Pawar.

The NCP chief was speaking at party headquarters in Pune. He was addressing Congress and NCP workers. The two parties recently joined forces and formed an alliance against the NDA in Maharashtra for Lok Sabha elections. Pawar said that if workers from both the parties decide from the bottom of their heart and meet citizens at their doorstep, the alliance will defeat the NDA.

Sharad Pawar, former Union Agriculture Minister, blamed Modi government's policy for farmer suicides in the state. He alleged that 18,000 farmers committed suicide in the last 4 years. He held "anti-farmer" policies of Modi government responsible for destroying the lives of thousands of farmers.

Pawar tore into the BJP on the issue of defence and demonetisation. He recalled Modi's statement made during PM Manmohan Singh's tenure. Modi had promised to eliminate 10 Pakistani soldiers for each Indian soldier killed. Pawar added that 693 Indian soldiers died at the border during incidents of ceasefire violations from Pakistan.

On the issue of demonetisation, Pawar held PM Modi responsible fork 100 ATM deaths in Maharashtra. He alleged that 15 lakh youths lost their jobs because of demonetisation and promise of creating 2 crore jobs each year fell flat.

He concluded his speech by saying that defeating BJP is a "national responsibility" of the Opposition. He appealed to Congress and the NCP to bring about the change.