Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at Finance Minister P Chidambaram for criticising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and claimed he has given a "walkover" by accepting that no Congress leader matches the calibre of the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate.

"If Chidambaram considers himself better than Indira Gandhi, then it is a different thing. Atalji and Advaniji are our leaders. If he wants to give an example, Chidambaram should know that Modiji is far better than Rahul Gandhi. He should compare him (Modi) with his party's prime ministerial candidate," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain. Read More

Jyothi Shankaran

    Jyothi’s last role was as Senior Editor with the business news channel Bloomberg TV India. He also worked as News Editor at business-standard.com, the online version of the business newspaper Business Standard. Jyothi is a chemical engineer from the Regional Engineering College, Srinagar.