In an attempt to control the damage done to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s image by his outburst over the Ordinance issue, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday showered praises on the Sikh leader and called Singh his ‘political guru.’
In an attempt to connect with the people of Punjab, Rahul strategically made the statement during his visit to the State, where the people relate to Singh, and in fact, thanked the State for “giving us the Prime Minister.” Sounding the poll bugle in Punjab by addressing a mammoth rally in Sangrur, the Gandhi scion showered praises on the Prime Minister.
“You gave me Manmohan Singh. I have two gurus in politics — one is the Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the other is Dr Manmohan Singh,” said Rahul. This statement comes just days after his public criticism of the Manmohan Singh Government over the Ordinance on convicted lawmakers while the Prime Minister was on a US visit. Rahul had surprised everyone by saying that the Ordinance was “nonsense” and needed to be “torn and thrown away.”
After having humiliated the Prime Minister on the issue Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said: “What he has done for the country, no one has done.” “I want to stress that no one else has done so much for the development of our country as Manmohan Singh has. The most important quality of a politician must be good intention. If intention is clear, we can achieve everything. Manmohan Singh has a pure intention,” he asserted.