Bangalore, Aug. 16: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today took apart Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a host of issues, from the Kashmir strife to foreign policy to health care, and urged him to act like a head of state instead of giving "empty speeches".

"It is about time the Prime Minister started acting and operating like a Prime Minister," Rahul told a Congress rally in Basavanagudi, south Bangalore.

"It is not good enough to give empty speeches as the Prime Minister represents the spirit of the people of India," he added.

In his third visit to Karnataka in less than a month, after his trip to Bangalore on July 22 and Raichur on August 12, Rahul let loose a relentless attack on Modi and his governance and urged him to deliver on his promises.

"We want to hear from the Prime Minister what he is doing about children dying in Gorakhpur, about Chinese troops sitting inside the territory of our friend Bhutan and about generating jobs for youths," he said.

The Congress leader said the country was particularly concerned at the manner in which Modi's government had alienated even friendly neighbours with his foreign policy.

"Barring China and Pakistan, all our neighbours were friendly with us. But now he has alienated all of them," Rahul said.

"He has alienated our biggest friend, Russia, which is now selling weapons to Pakistan. As if that is not enough, the CAG (comptroller and auditor-general) report says Indian forces do not have the requisite amount of ammunition," Rahul said.

The latest CAG report red-flagged the acute shortage of ammunition and said the stock would not last beyond 10 days in case of a war.

On the turmoil in Kashmir, the Congress vice-president said a party team comprising himself, then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh had worked for several years to bring peace in the Valley.

"There was no drama, no tamasha, as we just did our work," Rahul said, taking a dig at the NDA government's way of working.

"We managed to hold panchayati raj elections and worked on (generating) employment because we wanted peace and harmony in Kashmir. When there is peace in Kashmir, the space to do mischief closes for Pakistan," he said. "But Modi destroyed all our work of 10 years in just one month. I am telling you this because Modi's policies have created the space for Pakistan to create problems (in Kashmir)."

Rahul said Modi had been "busy dividing the country, allowing his party to beat up Dalits and kill minorities", alluding to cow vigilantism.

The Congress leader criticised the Prime Minister over his Independence Day speech, questioning why Modi didn't refer to the India-China border stand-off in the Doklam plateau in Bhutan.

"We have a treaty with Bhutan promising to protect them. But did anyone hear the Prime Minister make any remark about that in his speech?" Rahul asked.

Referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India in September 2014, when too Indian and Chinese troops were locked in a face-off in Ladakh, Rahul said: "Some time back, the Chinese President came to India and our Prime Minister took him to Gujarat. Around the same time, 1,000 Chinese troops encroached into Indian territory. But our Prime Minister was hugging the Chinese President and enjoying on a swing."

Rahul launched a broad side against Modi over the child deaths at Baba Raghav Das Medical College in Gorakhpur, the parliamentary constituency of Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Yogi Adityanath.

"Modi did not tell you (in his Independence Day speech) that more than 90 babies died in Gorakhpur because of his health-care policy and the hospital could not get oxygen cylinders because the budget had been cut by half," Rahul said.

"Some years ago I had been to Gorakhpur and urged the Prime Minister through the media to support hospitals there as they were in a bad shape. But nothing was done," he alleged. "Modi wants an India where rich people go to private hospitals while the poor die in government hospitals."

During his daylong visit, Rahul inaugurated an Indira Canteen, a state government initiative to provide affordable vegetarian food to the poor. Of the 198 canteens, 101 were opened today, with the rest set to begin operations by October. The canteens will offer breakfast for Rs 5 and lunch and dinner for Rs 10 each.