Following the remarks by senior BJP leader lK Advani that BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi is an “efficient events manager”, the Congress responded on Saturday by stating that the nation cannot be ruled by an “event manager or crony capitalist”.
“Event managers and crony capitalists can create a facade of well-being all around but BJP and Modi are forgetting that the country can be run by leadership, policies and programmes, and not by event managers or crony capitalists,” Congress spokesperson Randip Surjewala said.
When asked about Advani’s remarks that he would not compare Modi with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Congress spokesperson said, “Advani has spoken the truth... It is the most apt truth spoken by the BJP’s patriarch either by mistake or consciously.”
He, however, added that “it must be consciously said that as he (Advani) is a man with a lot of political experience. He has rightfully stated that Modi is the best event manager”. His remarks came soon after Advani, while filing his nomination from Gandhinagar lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, praised Modi calling him an able administrator.
“I will not call Narendra bhai my protege, but I have never seen a more brilliant and efficient events manager than him. And this event management capacity he had brought to governance also. That has made him more suitable for the assignment, the party has given to him,” Advani had said.