We in the BJP and the NDA have raised several legitimate issues about Shrimati Sonia Gandhi in our campaign-such as her foreign origin, her inexperience and the gross contradiction between democracy and dynastic rule. Several parties that are opposed to the NDA have also raised these issues. I urge all the campaigners that, while educating the people about these important issues, they should desist from saying anything that is gender insensitive or lowers the standard of the campaign. I also urge my friends in the Congress and its partners not to encourage attacks of a baseless and tasteless nature. All of us are proud of belonging to a land that is the largest democracy in the world.
Democracy is an integral part of our ancient culture and civilisation.
Decency and discipline strengthen democracy, not weaken it. Let us conduct the last general election of this century in a manner that further brightens the reputation of Indian democracy in the eyes of the world-and in our won eyes. New Delhi 110 001.