Not sure Priyanka will be Happy with 'Father Figure' Modi: Chidambaram

May 01, 2014 14:19

Responding to a report that Narendra Modi has called Priyanka Gandhi Vadra "like his daughter" in a TV interview, Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said: "I am happy Modi considers Priyanka Gandhi as his daughter, I am not sure if she will be happy to consider Modi as a father figure."

Modi's interview to public broadcaster Doordarshan has run into controversy over reports that some portions were edited out.

This, reports suggest, included a part where he called Priyanka, the daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, "like his daughter".

A newspaper report quotes sources as saying the BJP's prime ministerial candidate had refused to attack Priyanka Gandhi in response to a question, saying she was like his daughter and not a political rival like her mother and brother Rahul Gandhi.

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