New Delhi:
Never a man to miss a political opportunity, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, using the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary.
"I am pained that India's PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who is a voter in Assam, did not go to Assam to vote in the crucial Assembly elections. This is painful news for the people of this country, and more so on the occasion of Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary," Modi said.
The Congress has shot back saying the Prime Minister is a very busy man.
"It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that the PM is busy with a lot. So the Gujarat Chief Minister's comment is devoid of substance," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
Polling was held in Assam on Monday. Dr Manmohan Singh is a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam and both he and his wife Gursharan Kaur are registered voters in the Dispur Assembly constituency.
Modi said Dr Ambedkar had given India its Constitution, and it was on the basis of the Constitution that we had the right to vote. And this right was the "essence of democracy", a right Dr Singh had not exercised.
"I am pained that India's PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who is a voter in Assam, did not go to Assam to vote in the crucial Assembly elections. This is painful news for the people of this country, and more so on the occasion of Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary," Modi said.
The Congress has shot back saying the Prime Minister is a very busy man.
"It doesn't take much intelligence to understand that the PM is busy with a lot. So the Gujarat Chief Minister's comment is devoid of substance," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said.
Polling was held in Assam on Monday. Dr Manmohan Singh is a Rajya Sabha MP from Assam and both he and his wife Gursharan Kaur are registered voters in the Dispur Assembly constituency.
Modi said Dr Ambedkar had given India its Constitution, and it was on the basis of the Constitution that we had the right to vote. And this right was the "essence of democracy", a right Dr Singh had not exercised.
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