Monday, March 4, 2013

Congress reaction to Modi's attack


After a scathing attack by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Nehru-Gandhi family, the Congress hit back saying Mr. Modi was mistaken if he thought that he could attain the stature of a national leader.
          Union Minister Rajiv Shukla said that, the kind of language that Narendra Modi ji used does not behove any leader of national stature. I think he is yet not capable of attaining the stature of a national leader. By spending crores belonging to Gujarat for self-propaganda, if someone thinks that he has become a national leader, then he is mistaken.
Mr. Shukla accused Mr Modi of double-speak and took exception to his remarks against the Prime Minister. He added that, his speech is a bundle of lies. Today he is expressing liking for Pranab Mukherjee. If you had courage and conviction, than why did Modi ji not support Pranab Mukherjee (in the Presidential elections)? NDA partners Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena had done so. Yesterday Pranab Mukherjee was not likeable, then you were praising Sangma. This is double-speak.
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar said, "Modi called us termite, he is a scorpion and a snake."
Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had reminded the Gujarat Chief Minister about 'Raj Dharma' in the wake of the 2002 riots in the state. "AMNESIA Is it not true that Vajpayee ji reminded a certain CM about Raj Dharma in 02? What did Vajpayee attribute their 2004 defeat to?" Mr Tewari tweeted. Following the defeat of NDA in 2004 polls, Vajpayee had blamed that violence in Gujarat as one of the reasons that led to the electoral loss.

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