Congress president Sonia Gandhi took on Narendra Modi on his home turf today. Accusing the Gujarat government of making tall development claims,  she said that progress is nowhere to be seen and the ruling party's promises are "hollow and false".

Sonia, who addressed a rally in the tribal dominated area of Surat district in South Gujarat said, "They (Modi and BJP) have no interest in poor and common people but its only interest is development of its own and a select few people.

"The development which was promised in a big way is nowhere to be seen in this tribal land...because what they promised were hollow and false," Sonia who is campaigning in the state before the first phase of assembly elections here, said addressing a huge rally.

"This is a land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel who used to preach what they practiced. Now there are people who give big advice but not follow them," she said taking on Modi without naming him.