In one of the Garib Kalyan Mela speeches, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said he would now write a letter to the Centre in ‘Italian’ to make it act to rein in food prices.

“I have written a number of letters to Central Government on the issue of price rise. I have written letters in the language they can understand urging them to take steps to do something about the rising prices of food items. But, I think that they have no sympathy for the poor people and it seems that they are not willing to take steps to control rising prices. Now, I need to write a letter in Italian,” Modi said in his Patan speech.

Reacting strongly to Modi’s remarks, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said, “Narendra Modi has lost it.Only Modi can make such a preposterous statement. I cannot possibly dignify such a statement with a reaction.”

The video above shows Modi’s “Italian” statement.