Congress on Sunday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “playing politics” with national security, and said he had been offering “platitudes” to Pakistan as if he is going to fight elections in that country instead of understanding the anger of people in India. Congress leader Manish Tewari said “Prime Minister has suddenly started lecturing the people of Pakistan about its new developmental imperatives. He said, “I want to say that India is ready for a war…India is a ready for a war on poverty. Let both countries fight to see who would eradicate poverty first...I want to tell the youth of Pakistan, let’s have a war on ending unemployment. “...I want to call out to the children in Pakistan, let’s declare war on illiteracy.

Source: The Hindu September 25, 2016 20:15 UTC