PM Modi distracting people of Goa from real issues: Rahul

Panaji: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of distracting the attention of people of Goa from real issues like environment and employment.

Criticising Modi over his statement that if Pandit Nehru wanted, Goa could have been liberated "within hours" in 1947 when India attained independence, Gandhi said the prime minister does not understand the situation of those times and what was happening post-World War II.

Addressing a press conference in Margao, around 35 kms from here, Gandhi expressed confidence that the Congress will win majority of seats in the February 14 Goa assembly elections and there won't be any need for post-poll alliances.

"Modi has come to Goa because he wants to distract Goa from real issues like employment, environment...Did he speak anything about environment and employment? BJP's manifesto has no word about environment," Gandhi said.

The prime minister should tell Goans what they have done for creating employment in the state, he added.