Narendra Modi hits back at Rahul Gandhi, says he is proud of his ideology

BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today hit back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi over his "exclusionary ideology" remarks, saying he was "proud" of the ideology which was "based on altar of sacrifice and service".

Mr Gandhi had, at the release of the Congress manifesto on Wednesday, attacked Mr Modi saying, "It is not about an individual, but he (Modi) represents an ideology and that ideology is exclusionary ideology." The Congress Vice President had also said that it was this "ideology that made people fight against each other", adding that every Congressman would fight to defeat it.

"I am proud of the fact that I was born from an ideology...Yes, we have an ideology...Our ideology is society is above family...Mother India is everything for us. Our ideology is that we will live and die for the country," Mr Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate said, said at a public meeting in Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh.