MUMBA, Jan 14: The Congress on Saturday came  down heavily upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi for featuring in Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC) calendar accused him of trying to erase history by posing himself as Mahatma Gandhi.

"This is an effort by Narendra Modi ji to write history in a new way. He wants the new generation to forget history and remember that India got independence in 2016.He himself wants to become Mahatma Gandhi and sit on that position," Congress spokesperson Charan Singh Sapra said here.

he said Prime Minister Modi is  developing an environment of dictatorship,

NCP spokeperson said "Khadi is known by the name of Gandhi ji...BJP or RSS have never been a part of independence movement. They have no contribution in the independence. None of its ministers can claim their contribution in it. BJP has no belief in Gandhivaad and so when they pose the other way, it is not liked by anybody."