Digvijay slams Modi

Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday slammed Narendra Modi over his criticism of the UPA government and challenged him to debate with any Congress leader on the issues of governance and development. Mr. Singh, a known detractor of Modi, also dismissed Mr. Modi’s talk of inclusive politics, wondering can a leopard change its spots.

Soon after Mr. Modi addressing his NRI supporters via a video conference launched a full scale attack on UPA, the AICC general secretary trained his guns on the BJP’s PM candidate through the community micro-blogging site Twitter seeking to dismiss the criticism of the government by Mr. Modi and alleging that the latter was giving “fake figures” of growth during the NDA regime.

“Good to hear Modi talking about Inclusive Politics. But can a leopard change its spots ? FEKU MODI at his best. Giving fake figures of growth during NDA regime,” Mr. Singh tweeted.

As Mr. Modi slammed the UPA government over various issues including slow growth rate, and said that people have lost faith in the UPA government, the Congress general secretary retorted that the UPA has fulfilled every promise made and empowered people by giving Rights on Information, Education, Food Security and Rights to women and tribals and also the Right to Work.

He was apparently referring to UPA’s schemes like RTI, RTE, Food Security, MNREGA and other similar right based measures taken during the two successive UPA governments. “The list can go on. Would Mr. Modi have courage to debate with one of us on issues of governance, development and other National Issues?,” he said.

Alluding to post-Godhara riots in Gujarat, corruption issues in some BJP-ruled states and cash on camera scandal involving a former BJP president in past, Mr. Singh ridiculed Mr. Modi’s claim that people are looking at BJP to bring a positive change in the nation and wondered will it be.