New Delhi:
Congress attacked BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday for comparing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Mahatma Gandhi, saying only a "political lightweight" can make such a statement.
"When Gadkari became BJP President, the people of the country felt that an immature person has been given the post. With such a statement, he has proven correct the observations of the people that he is a political lightweight," party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
Calling Gadkari a "political pygmy", Ahmed said that this was what the people of the country would think of the BJP chief who has compared the father of the nation with Modi.
On his first visit to Gujarat as BJP President, Gadkari drew parallels between Gandhi and Narendra Modi, saying both believed that politics was an instrument to alleviate poverty.
Meanwhile, AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh attacked Modi for his statement on Saturday that he would write a letter to the Centre on the issue of price rise in Italian language.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is Italy-born, knew "better Hindi" than Modi, he said adding the Gujarat Chief Minister is making such "absurd statements" to bring himself on the centre-stage as he is feeling "left out" in his party.
"I strongly condemn Modi's statement. The cheap statement which he has made does not dignify his post. Sonia Gandhi understands both Hindi and English and there is no need for him (Modi) to write in any other language."
"When Gadkari became BJP President, the people of the country felt that an immature person has been given the post. With such a statement, he has proven correct the observations of the people that he is a political lightweight," party spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters.
Calling Gadkari a "political pygmy", Ahmed said that this was what the people of the country would think of the BJP chief who has compared the father of the nation with Modi.
On his first visit to Gujarat as BJP President, Gadkari drew parallels between Gandhi and Narendra Modi, saying both believed that politics was an instrument to alleviate poverty.
Meanwhile, AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh attacked Modi for his statement on Saturday that he would write a letter to the Centre on the issue of price rise in Italian language.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who is Italy-born, knew "better Hindi" than Modi, he said adding the Gujarat Chief Minister is making such "absurd statements" to bring himself on the centre-stage as he is feeling "left out" in his party.
"I strongly condemn Modi's statement. The cheap statement which he has made does not dignify his post. Sonia Gandhi understands both Hindi and English and there is no need for him (Modi) to write in any other language."
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