Today Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the words used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh are unacceptable. He added that he also does not approve of Congressman Mani Shankar Aiyar’s remarks against Modi.
In reply to an Aaj Tak question during a press conference in poll-bound Gujarat, Rahul said, “I have made my position clear by my words and actions. The way what Mani Shankar Aiyar spoke about Modi ji isn’t acceptable. The same way what Modi said about Dr Manmohan Singh ji is also not acceptable.”
“I will not tolerate such things , Modi ji is after all the Prime Minister of India,” the 47-year-old leader said, a day after he was unanimously named the Congress president.
Rahul’s response today followed a rare showdown between Modi and Manmohan on Monday, in which the former Prime Minister tore into the current premier over his “ill-thought transgression” and “innuendos and falsehoods”.
The row began after Narendra Modi, during a speech in Gujarat, insinuated that Manmohan Singh is colluding with Pakistan. Modi claimed that some Pakistani officials and Singh met at Aiyar’s house over dinner on December 6 – a day before Aiyar’s “neech” jibe against Modi had led to his suspension from the party.
In uncharacteristically strong words, a usually reticent Singh crossed swords with his predecessor to say the Gujarat polls was never raised by anyone present at a dinner hosted by Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for a visiting Pakistani leader at his house on December 6 and that the discussion was confined to India-Pakistan ties.
“I sincerely hope that Prime Minister will show the maturity and gravitas expected of the high office he holds instead of concentrating his energy solely on erroneously conceived brownie points… I sincerely hope that he will apologize to the Nation for his ill thought transgression to restore the dignity of the office he occupies,” he said.
Singh said he was “deeply pained and anguished” by the “falsehood and canards” being spread to score political points by the prime minister in what he said was a “lost cause” in Gujarat.
Post Your Comments