He challenged the Congress to appoint someone from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family as party President for five years.
Exploiting
to the hilt Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's recent remarks that a
"chaiwala"
became PM because of Jawaharlal Nehru's commitment to democracy,
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday attacked the Congress saying it was not ready to
credit people for this but only a dynasty.
He
challenged the Congress
to appoint someone from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family as party
President for five years. He would then accept that Nehru had built a
democracy legacy.
"Do
a little thing, if you respect democracy. If a chaiwala or Modi
became the Prime Minister because of your faith in democracy,
policies, role in constitution and due to Nehru, make any good
Congress leader the President of your party for at least five years.
"I
will accept that Nehruji had such a commitment to democracy that has
led to a dedicated Congress leader becoming the President of the
party," Modi said at a public meeting in Chhattisgarh's
Ambikapur.
The
Prime Minister's attack came after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's
remarks while re-launching his book "Nehru: The Invention of
India" on November 13 that a chaiwala became the Prime Minister
because of Nehru's policies and institution-building that provided
for a democratic framework.
Modi
said it will be good for the country if a person outside from the
Nehru family became President of the Congress.
"I
know it will be good when the country gets out of dynasty politics.
But, they are not ready to give credit for this to the 1.25 crore
people of this country that a chaiwala became the Prime Minister.
They do not want to give credit to BJP and Modi. This is the result
of their undemocratic thinking. For this too, they want to give its
credit to Nehru," he added.
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