No PM candidate ever sought votes for himself: Pawar

April 17, 2014 02:17

Stepping up his attack on BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi, Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said never before he had seen a person in the race for the country's top job seeking votes for himself or herself.

"We have seen Prime Ministers like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and now Dr Manmohan Singh. But they never asked people to vote for themselves but for the country. But here is a person who is seeking votes for himself," Pawar said, addressing an election rally for NCP candidate from North-East Mumbai, Sanjay Dina Patil.

Patil, the sitting MP, is pitted against BJP's Kirit Somaiya and AAP's Medha Patkar, among others.

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