File photo of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sep 30, 2017. Picture by PTI New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI): A huge row broke out on Monday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's insinuation that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan in the Gujarat elections, and Manmohan retorting by asking Modi to apologise to the nation. Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram wondered whether winning an election was so important that such allegations can be made against a former prime minister and a former Vice-President. He claimed that some Pakistani officials and Manmohan Singh met at Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's house over dinner on December 6. ”Fearing imminent defeat in Gujarat, desperation of Prime Minister to hurl every abuse and latch on to every straw is palpable.


Source:   The Telegraph
December 11, 2017 15:11 UTC