Bikaner (Rajasthan):Taking a swipe at Congress' general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday accused Congress of portraying India as a 'land of snake charmers' even after decades of independence. "There was a time when Congress used to please foreign guest throw snake charming. The whole world used to believe that India is only the land of snake charmers and magic. Our image is still being projected as such even after decades," Prime Minister said while addressing an election rally here.
This comes a day after Priyanka Gandhi had an unusual encounter while on the campaign trail in the Rae Bareli constituency of Uttar Pradesh where she met snake charmers and even petted and held snakes in her hands.
Referring to growth in IT sector, Prime Minister stressed that the citizens of India are moving ahead with the help of computer's 'mouse' and not snakes, in the world of latest technology and innovation.
"They are forgetting the fact that India has moved ahead of snake, it is moving ahead with 'mouse'. They are not snake-charmers anymore, they now use the mouse of a computer," he said.