New Delhi, June 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, saying it had left the country in an "abyss of helplessness, destitution and inferiority complex," and said "the sluggish growth rate" during the long years of Congress rule from fifties to eighties was "with great cunning" labelled the "Hindu growth rate".

Addressing the NDA leaders' meeting, he said that while the style, responsibility, and failure were of Congress, the stigma was pinned on the country's vast Hindu population and said it should instead have been labelled "Congress rate of growth".

The NDA leaders hailed PM Modi's leadership and congratulated him on becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Ministe...