LIVE! Modi wants to become a 'Rambo': Manish Tewari

June 23, 2013 18:48

As politics played out over Uttarakhand floods, Congress today targeted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi saying he wants to become a "Rambo", dismissing reports he had helped in evacuation of 15,000 stranded people from Uttarakhand in two days.

Accusing Modi of milking the tragedy in Uttarakhand for political reasons, Congress leader and I&B minister Manish Tewari said that after making a "tourist detour" via the deluge affected state to reach Pathankot some people were tom-tomming "myths" they had rescued thousands of people.

The BJP, however, rejected the Congress assessment with its leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi saying it had the habit of faulting opposition leaders when they tried to do their bit at times of national crisis.

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