Congress terms Sanjaya Baru as disgruntled turncoat

April 12, 2014 18:26

Sanjaya Baru's book was dismissed as "cheap fiction" and the former Media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was dubbed as "an out of job, disgruntled turncoat" by Congress today as the Opposition latched on to the book to target the ruling party.

Congress also accused Baru of serving the political agenda of BJP in the midst of the Lok Sabha elections.

"Baru is an out of job, disgruntled turncoat who is spreading canards to sell his book and gain cheap publicity... Indian National Congress decisively rejects this cheap fiction lock, stock and barrel," party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said.

Surjewala dubbed Baru as "a rank opportunist, whom he accused of running away from his responsibilities a few months before the 2009 general elections.

The Congress spokesman said by Baru's own admission, he wanted the job of Prime Minister's Media Adviser after UPA victory in 2009 - for which he was found "incompetent and rejected."

"He is now minting cheap fiction bordering on absurdity to regain lost relevance."

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