Rahul gets his principles right, facts wrong: Jaitley

January 15, 2014 14:07

Arun Jaitley's blog today: "Outside the personality cult there have been two Congress Prime Ministers who have stood apart. Mr. Lal Bahadur Shastri was a Prime Minister for a brief period. His simplicity and high credibility inspired the whole country. His goodness is not a part of the Congress legacy.

"Despite some failings Mr. PV Narasimha Rao has a place in history as a leader who transformed India's economy and foreign policy. He never appears on Congress Party's billboards.

"Having popular leaders like Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Mr. Narendra Modi is very different from the BJP becoming personality centric.

"These leaders were and will always remain subject to the Party structure. Mr. Rahul Gandhi has got the principle against personality centered party right, he has got his facts all wrong." Read more

This is what Rahul Gandhi said in an interview with the Dainik Bhaskar. Read

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