Election 2014: The trash talk brigade

With few hundred seats left to go to polls, the political discourse in the country is certainly going downhill.

Party leaders from across the spectrum have been using the harshest of words to run down their opponents.

Rediff.com takes a look at some of the comments made recently.

We start off with 'Modi-bhakt' Baba Ramdev, whose remarks about Rahul Gandhi landed him in a soup.

Ramdev said: "He (Rahul) goes to Dalits' house for honeymoon and picnic. Had he married a Dalit girl, then his luck could have clicked and he would have become the prime minister."

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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Modi becoming PM: "If it happens then Kashmir will not remain a part of India. I say it publicly. Kashmiris will not accept a communal person."

"Those who vote for Modi should drown themselves in the sea."

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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy responding to Abdullah: "Farooq Abdullah has no power to move Modi from here by even an inch. These kind of words are only used by ruffians who roam on the roadside. Now, they (the National Conference and its allies) are afraid because Modi cannot be tied, since he has no bindings. As far as Kashmir is concerned, since the Maharaja (Hari Singh) has signed the instrument of accession with India, it has become an integral part of India. Hence, he can go to some other country if he feels like or take asylum like several Hindus who have done so in United States. Therefore, nobody can separate it."

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Modi: "It takes a big heart and compassion, not a 56-inch chest, to run India. It doesn't take brute force to run this country, it takes internal and moral strength, even a determination to lay one's life for the unity of the country."

Priyanka on BJP's ‘Damaad’gate video: "They are running around like baffled rats. I knew that they will repeat their bunch of lies. There is nothing new in it but let them say whatever they want to. I am not afraid of anyone and will continue to speak against their negative, destructive and shameful politics."

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BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Modi critics: "... those who want to stop Narendra Modi (from becoming prime minister) are looking towards Pakistan. In the coming days, they will have no place in India. They will only have place in Pakistan."

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AAP leader Shazia Ilmi's message to Muslims: "Don’t be much secular. Muslims are too secular and they should become communal. They are not communal and do not vote for themselves. Arvind Kejriwal is ours. Muslims have remained secular for long... have voted for the Congress and helped them win. Don’t be so secular and look at your house (community) this time."

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BJP leader Nitin Gadkari: "Casteism is in the DNA of Bihar. That is why more talk of casteism take place in the state."

Gadkari made the comment when asked why BJP leaders in Bihar were raising the issue of caste of Narendra Modi when the party claimed to be against casteism.

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NCP leader Sharad Pawar: "We have polling on different dates in western Maharashtra and Mumbai. Polling in Satara is on April 17 and in Mumbai on April 24. I advise Marathi workers to first cast vote in Satara on April 17, come back to Mumbai and again exercise franchise on April 24."

He added the cautionary note, "Of course, please do not forget to wipe the (electoral) ink before casting the vote the second time."

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Trinamool Congress spokesperson Derek O'Brien slamming Modi who earlier slammed Derek's boss, Mamata: "The Butcher of Gujarat air-dropped into Bengal. He has no answers to Bengal's development model. So, making personal attacks. The Butcher of Gujarat could not take care of his own wife. How will he take care of this great nation?”

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Congressman Digvijay Singh: "Narendra Modi accepts his marital status. Can women of this country trust a man who stalks a woman, deprives his wife of her right? Vote against Modi."

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BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi on Rahul Gandhi: "If you want to relieve stress, listen to Rahul's speeches. As per his mathematics, there are 27,000 crore jobs lying vacant in Gujarat. How can this be possible when the total population of Gujarat is 6 crore? What kind of namuna (specimen) has the Congress brought"