Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over ‘raincoat’ remark about former PM Manmohan Singh, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Prime Minister loves surfing on Google, reading horoscopes and peeping into people’s bathrooms.
“Modi likes to read ‘janampatri’, search Google and peep into bathrooms of people…but he is a failure as PM; he will get a jolt from results of Uttar Pradesh polls,” Rahul said.
Congress and BJP were locked in fiery exchanges inside and outside Parliament over Narendra Modi’s remark that one should learn the art of “bathing with a raincoat on” from Manmohan Singh as there was not a single taint on him despite so many scams having taken place during his regime.
“For almost 35 years, Manmohan Singh ji had a lot of influence on country’s economic policies. Politicians have a lot to learn from him (Manmohan Singh). So much has happened (corruption scandals) during UPA rule, but there is not a single taint on him. Bathing in a bathroom with a raincoat on is an art only Dr Sahib (Manmohan Singh) can know of,” the PM had said in the Parliament .
Continuing his tirade against the Prime Minister, Gandhi said the former resorts to the strategy of ‘distraction’ when he does not have answers to questions. “Narendra Modi’s strategy is distraction…He uses this strategy when he doesn’t have answers. Modi ji has failed cent percent in the past 2.5 years,” Rahul said.
Under attack from Congress over his remarks, Modi had also warned the grand-old party that he has a detailed dossier on them. “Hold your tongue, I have your entire horoscope. I do not want to abandon reason and propriety, but if you abandon reason and propriety and speak nonsense, your history will always chase you, your evil deeds, your sins will always chase you,” Modi had said at an election rally in Haridwar.
Taking a swipe at Modi, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said, “Anyone’s ‘janmpatri’ is just a click away in this age of Internet. PM and BJP should not mislead people and come forward and tell what they have given to the state which has elected all prominent NDA leaders.”
