Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he does not approve of the “impotent” remark made by Union Minister Salman Khurshid against Narendra Modi in the context of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
“I do not appreciate this kind of comment...The kind of language,” Rahul said disapproving Khurshid’s remark. The Congress leader was speaking to reporters at the AICC headquarters after a meeting of the campaign committee.
The External Affairs Minister had stoked a controversy by calling Modi “impotent” and insisted that he did nothing wrong as there was no other appropriate word to describe him in the context of the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Slamming Modi for his handling of the riots, Khurshid had said he did not find any other word to express his anguish better and asked the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate to admit the “truth” about the riots.
BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shanker Prasad had slammed Khurshid, saying some UPA Ministers were trying to grab air time through foul language. The party had asked him to apologise for the “regrettable” and “shameful” comment. BJP leaders said the Congress and its leaders have “forgotten manners and etiquettes” and asked if Sonia Gandhi approved of this comment.
