LATUR, Oct 14 (TIWN): Hitting the hustings for the first time since the Congress' Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah of "deflecting" the core issues and asking youths to "watch the moon" when they are demanding jobs.

Gandhi also accused the media of distracting people's attention from the "real issues" like the "downfall of the economy". He claimed that "divisive politics" was one of the reasons behind the closure of scores of factories in the country.