Over 200 Delhi University teachers have issued a public statement condemning Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making "derogatory and untrue" remarks about former PM Rajiv Gandhi. No prime minister has ever "stooped" to this level through such actions as has Modi, it said. The nation acknowledges the achievements of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, they said in the statement. The statement had references to the 1999 Kargil war and the telecom revolution when Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister. According to the statement, if train travel is so much more convenient today it is because of his (Rajiv Gandhi) acumen in computerising rail reservation.

Source: dna May 07, 2019 13:07 UTC