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PM Modi says Congress a ‘sinking ship’, Punjab wants Badal back as CM

"It (Congress) is a boat that has sunk. When there is nothing left in it to be salvaged, will the people of Punjab ever think of even stepping into it?" PM Modi said during Punjab Assembly elections rally in Jalandhar on Friday. PM hit back at the Congress V-P Rahul Gandhi for failing to act on the drug menace that has gripped Punjab in the last few years."Some people are taking politics to a new low by tarnishing the image of the youth of Punjab," he said. He also said, "In UP, Congress at first bad mouthed the Samajwadi Party . But when they saw the family feud in SP they went ahead and made alliance with the SP," said PM Modi.