Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today said she chose Manmohan Singh as the prime minister in 2004 as she was aware of her limitations and knew that he was a better candidate.She was speaking at the India Today Conclave here. I am also tiding up old papers of my mother-in-law (Indira Gandhi) and husband (Rajiv Gandhi). We could not compete with how Narendra Modi (prime minister) ran his campaign," the UPA chairperson admitted.On Modi, she said," I don't know him as a person. During (former prime minister) Atal Bihari Vajpayee's time, we were bitter opponents. "Asked what advice she would give to the prime minister, Gandhi quipped," I wouldn't dare to advise him.

Source: Economic Times March 09, 2018 09:38 UTC