His retort came within hours of Congress' Sushmita Dev moving the apex court on PM Modi's “slanderous” jibe of “Bhrashtachari No. Prime Minister Modi referring to Rahul Gandhi had said, “Your father may have been declared Mr. Clean by his courtiers. This country forgives mistakes but never betrayal.” He continued his tirade against Rajiv Gandhi challenging Congress to fight the remaining two phases on his name. BJP president Amit Shah, however, defended Modi saying there was nothing wrong with Bhrashtachari comment as Bofors had happened. Many former BJP leaders, including former BJP chief minister of BJP and a union cabinet minister in Vajpayee's government, Shanta Kumar and Ajay Aggarwal, who fought against Sonia Gandhi in 2014, described statements against Rajiv Gandhi as a new low in Indian politics.

Source: dna May 08, 2019 00:00 UTC