<p>In a sharp riposte to JDS chief H D Deve Gowda, Narendra Modi today invited him to live in Gujarat and promised to take care of him more than his son, a day after the former PM said he would take "political sanyas" and leave Karnataka if Modi-led government came to power.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Deve Gowdaji, you are an elderly person. You are the former PM of India. I am like your son...," the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate said at rallies in Karnataka.<br /><br />"I publicly promise you that if staying here has become a problem, then I pray - you don't worry. I will make all arrangements for you in Gujarat. If you want to live in an old-age home, live in a house, farm-house or if you want to live in my house. I would render service more than your son."<br /><br />"Narendra Modi will do everything to give you respect and honour. Deve Gowdaji I welcome you and think you also have a son even in Gujarat who is ready to render services for you," Modi told Gowda, whose party had run a coalition government with BJP in Karnataka.<br /><br />Modi raised Gowda's remarks, made at Shimoga yesterday, at his rallies in Chikkaballapur and Chikkamagalur and spoke in similar words inviting the former Prime Minister to his state.<br /><br />The Gujarat Chief Minister also took a swipe at Gowda on the issue of dynastic politics.<br /><br />"Here (in Karnataka) the dynastic rule is in full flow. Dynastic rule is an enemy of democracy - Deve Gowdaji and his son. I read somewhere yesterday that Deve Gowda said if Modi became PM he would leave Karnataka," Modi said.<br /><br />At Shimoga Gowda had said yesterday, "He (Modi) can never reach his numbers. If he achieves it, then I will take political sanyas." He had also reportedly said he would leave Karnataka if Modi became Prime Minister.</p>
<p>In a sharp riposte to JDS chief H D Deve Gowda, Narendra Modi today invited him to live in Gujarat and promised to take care of him more than his son, a day after the former PM said he would take "political sanyas" and leave Karnataka if Modi-led government came to power.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Deve Gowdaji, you are an elderly person. You are the former PM of India. I am like your son...," the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate said at rallies in Karnataka.<br /><br />"I publicly promise you that if staying here has become a problem, then I pray - you don't worry. I will make all arrangements for you in Gujarat. If you want to live in an old-age home, live in a house, farm-house or if you want to live in my house. I would render service more than your son."<br /><br />"Narendra Modi will do everything to give you respect and honour. Deve Gowdaji I welcome you and think you also have a son even in Gujarat who is ready to render services for you," Modi told Gowda, whose party had run a coalition government with BJP in Karnataka.<br /><br />Modi raised Gowda's remarks, made at Shimoga yesterday, at his rallies in Chikkaballapur and Chikkamagalur and spoke in similar words inviting the former Prime Minister to his state.<br /><br />The Gujarat Chief Minister also took a swipe at Gowda on the issue of dynastic politics.<br /><br />"Here (in Karnataka) the dynastic rule is in full flow. Dynastic rule is an enemy of democracy - Deve Gowdaji and his son. I read somewhere yesterday that Deve Gowda said if Modi became PM he would leave Karnataka," Modi said.<br /><br />At Shimoga Gowda had said yesterday, "He (Modi) can never reach his numbers. If he achieves it, then I will take political sanyas." He had also reportedly said he would leave Karnataka if Modi became Prime Minister.</p>