Narendra Modi with Rajnath Singh during his rally in Mumbai

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) slammed Narendra Modi on Sunday, saying the statements made by the Gujarat Chief Minister at a rally in Mumbai proved that his knowledge of history was still weak."Modi's knowledge of history proves to be weak again. Since 1960, Maharashtra has had only 17 chief ministers and not 26 as claimed by Modi," NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said here today.17 individuals have taken oath as Chief Minister 26 times since 1960 in Maharashtra. During the same duration, 14 individuals have taken oath as Chief Minister 27 times in Gujarat.Mr Malik further slammed Mr Modi for his speech. "The local body tax (LBT), whose implementation in Maharashtra Modi opposed today, is not an exclusive feature of this state. All the states with no octroi have LBT. Several vehicles from Maharashtra carry goods to northern parts of India. All of these go through Gujarat. Therefore the Motor Vehicle Tax that Gujarat collects is higher. On the other hand, lesser number of vehicles come from Gujarat in Maharashtra. Modi has wrongly interpreted this fact to present Gujarat positively," he said."Modi's allegation about not getting permission to place the gates of Sardar Sarovar Project holds no ground. Since Madhya Pradesh has failed to rehabilitate affected people, the permission for the gates is pending. Therefore even we are deprived of electricity," Mr Malik said.

"The donation of Rs 25 crore (which BJP state leaders made to Rajnath Singh at the rally) is given by diamond merchants. BJP has already begun the loot," he said.Majority of the crowd for Modi's rally was from Gujarat, he claimed.