Attack against Advani was very well considered: PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stuck to his strident on his BJP rival L K Advani saying these were 'very well considered' statement.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stuck to his strident on his BJP rival L K Advani saying these were “very well considered” statement as he felt “enough is enough” on being called weak repeatedly.

“These were very well considered statements. Every serious observer of the political scene will find them as truth,” he said when asked whether his recent statements attacking Advani were an emotional response out of a sense of personal hurt.

During an interaction with members of the Editors Guild of India,he was asked why he did not respond earlier to Advani’s criticism in the last few years describing him as a weak Prime Minister.

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“I did not respond to Advani earlier because there was no question at that time that I will be the prime ministerial candidate of the Congress party. Once the Congress party announced my name as the PM candidate I owe it to myself and to Congress to compare my record as Prime Minister and previously as Finance Minister with that of the BJP,specially that of Advani. I thought enough is enough,” he said.

Singh said he thought that the public at large should know “where the issue lies”.

In a response to Advani’s attacks,the Prime Minister on Monday had said the “iron man” had quickly melted during the Kandahar hijack crisis and was weeping in a corner when Barbi mosque was demolished by hoodlums.