The statements made by Narendra Modi at a rally here today proved that the party's prime ministerial candidate's knowledge of history was still weak, the NCP said.

"Modi's knowledge of history proves to be weak again. Since 1960, Maharashtra has had only 17 chief ministers and not 26 as claimed by Modi," NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik said today.

"Also, the local body tax, whose implementation in Maharashtra Modi opposed today, is not an exclusive feature of this state. All the states with no octroi have LBT. "

Several vehicles from Maharashtra carry goods to northern parts of India. All of these go through Gujarat. Therefore the Motor Vehicle Tax that Gujarat collects is higher. On the other hand, lesser number of vehicles come from Gujarat in Maharashtra. Modi has wrongly interpreted this fact to present Gujarat positively," he said.