India's Modi takes election battle to Gandhi citadel


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  • Tuesday, 06 May 2014

Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), casts his vote at a polling station during the seventh phase of India's general election in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 30, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

AMETHI India (Reuters) - Indian opposition challenger Narendra Modi, riding a wave of popular anger against the ruling Congress party, took his battle to the Gandhi citadel on Monday, telling voters it was time to send the dynasty packing for its broken promises.

Modi, in the final leg of a mammoth general election, took his campaign to the seat of Congress heir apparent Rahul Gandhi, breaking a tradition in which top politicians stay off each other's home turf.

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