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PM Modi’s ‘raincoat’ comment actually a compliment to Manmohan Singh: Venkaiah Naidu

New Delhi | ByIANS
Feb 09, 2017 08:14 PM IST

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “raincoat” jibe, saying it was actually a compliment to Congress leader Manmohan Singh.

Defending Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “raincoat” jibe against his predecessor Manmohan Singh, information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said Modi had actually “complimented” the Congress leader.

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu had questioned the Congress’ decorum in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after they created a ruckus in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘raincoat’ jibe at Manmohan Singh.(PTI)
Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu had questioned the Congress’ decorum in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after they created a ruckus in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘raincoat’ jibe at Manmohan Singh.(PTI)

“The Prime Minister did not insult Manmohan Singh, he gave a compliment to him by saying that even after such a long public life he has had no taint,” Naidu told reporters in the Parliament House precincts.

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Modi on Wednesday said Singh knew the “art of bathing wearing a raincoat”, triggering uproar in the Rajya Sabha. The Congress also staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, demanding an apology from Modi for his remarks.

“What maryada (decorum) are they( Congress) talking about? Their members have in the past abused the Prime Minister. Salman Khurshid once called the Prime Minister impotent,” Naidu said.

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