Ahmedabad, June 5 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, saying the party's decision to replace its chief minister in Karnataka reflected growing public anger against its government and asserting that Congress's "politics of seeking opportunity in anarchy" had been repeatedly rejected by voters across the country.

Addressing a public gathering in Surat after inaugurating development projects worth over Rs.18,800 crore, Modi said, "The politics of a crumbling Congress - of seeking opportunity in self-created anarchy - will not work. In Karnataka too, there is deep anger among the people against the Congress government. And that is precisely why Congress is having to change its chief minister in ...