Congress leader and I & B Minister Manish Tiwary today said communal and fascist forces, which are raising their heads under the garb of nationalism, should not be allowed to come to the power as it is not in interest of the country.

In a sharp reaction to BJP' PM candidate Narendra Modi's statement that Congress did not name Rahul Gandhi as a PM candidate, asserted that the Congress party has given strong Prime Ministers to the country while BJP has given only PM candidates during the last two elections.

Dismissing Mr. Modi's statement that certain defeat is staring at the Congress in the Lok Sabha poll, Mr. Tiwary asserted that people will vote Congress to power in these elections also.

Another Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that Modi's speech showed that neither the BJP nor its PM candidate had an understanding of democracy.