Rahul Gandhi calls PM Modi 'asatyagrahi' over Centre's Rewa solar power project 'largest in Asia' claim

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dedicated Asia's largest solar power project in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh to the nation, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the PM calling him “Asatyagrahi”. PM Modi dedicated to the nation a 750-MW solar project – said to be Asia's biggest – at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through a videoconference from Delhi.

New Delhi:Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling him 'asatyagrahi' over his claim that the 750 megawatt (MW) Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project in Madhya Pradesh is Asia's largest.

The scathing attack came a day after PM Modi dedicated to the nation a 750-MW solar project – said to be Asia's biggest – at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh through a videoconference from Delhi.

In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said, "Asatyagrahi" tagging a tweet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Friday after he dedicated the "game-changer" Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project to the nation.

In his tweet, Modi said, "Today, Rewa has really created history. Rewa is identified with the name of river Narmada and the white tiger. Now the name of Asia's largest solar power project has also been added."

DK Shivakumar, the Congress's Karnataka unit chief and a former energy minister in the state, had on Friday said, "Union Power Minister must answer as to how the Central government can claim that the Rewa Solar Park (750 MW) opened today is Asia's largest when clearly the Pavagada Park in Karnataka is much larger (2,000 MW) and was opened two years back!"

A response from the central government is awaited.

The word 'satyagrahi' in Hindi means someone who practises the policy of satyagraha or insists on the truth.

With input from agencies