Narendra Modi’s jibe angers Congress
Party says Modi carries ‘hangover of 2014 election campaigning’
New Delhi: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks in Canada about previous governments in India leaving a “mess” behind, Congress on Thursday said these were in “poor taste” and asked him to learn how to conduct himself from his seniors like Lal Krishna Advani.
“The prime minister’s statement on foreign soil, both in Germany and Canada, has been in poor taste. It is clear that (Mr Modi) carries a hangover of the 2014 election campaign. He is talking on foreign soil to malign his predecessors and the present opposition. No prime minister of India in its history has ever done so,” said Congress spokesman Anand Sharma.
Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh tweeted, “When a Head of State (sic) visits abroad he represents the whole Nation. Modi’s speech is divisive, defamatory, malicious and not based on facts”.
Party spokesperson Sanjay Jha said that Mr Modi was making India a laughing stock through his “pathetic diatribes” against political opponents.
“PM Modi through his pathetic diatribes against political opponents abroad is making India into a laughing stock. Doing an IPO, Sir???” he wrote on the micro-blogging website.
When a Head of State visits abroad he represents the whole Nation.Modi's speech is divisive defamatory malicious and not based on facts.
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) April 16, 2015