I/III. Now, Cong decides to tail Modi on all foreign tours TNN | Apr 18, 2015, 03.03 AM IST
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday said the party will keep a spokesman ready in every country that the prime minister visits in future to rebut his "false claims", slamming Narendra Modi for suggesting on his foreign tour that "India has stopped begging now" and that it was known as "scam India" during the previous government. Congress spokesman Anand Sharma said Modi had broken the convention of not taking domestic politics abroad, advising him to behave like a PM and not an "RSS pracharak". READ ALSO: Information sought on Modi's foreign travel expenses 'too vague and wide' to be revealed, RTI reply from PMO says "We cannot tolerate such unbecoming behaviour any longer. Henceforth, if he does it again on foreign soil, a Congress leader or spokesman will be present there and will respond immediately," Sharma said. Congress accused Modi of speaking a blatant lie by claiming that his visit to Canada was the first by an Indian PM in 42 years. READ ALSO: Modi's three-nation tour: Projecting a self-confident India ***Sharma noted that former PM Manmohan Singh paid an official three-day visit at the invitation of Canadian PM Stephen Harper in June 2010. "It was a state visit, and the two released a joint statement after their bilateral engagements," he said while flashing a copy of the joint statement.*** [Emphasis added.] The party demanded an apology from Modi for accusing previous governments of creating a "mess" in the country while speaking at an event in Canada. "The PM should apologize. We have honoured the convention so far and never spoken against him when he is on foreign soil. The PM should realize that he goes abroad as the PM of the country and not as a pracharak of BJP and RSS," Sharma said. "It shows his sick mentality. He has again broken the tradition of not taking domestic politics abroad and has again made malicious attacks on previous governments," the Congress spokesman added. The party charged that Modi had painted a picture which suggested that the country was known only for corruption and scams before he came to office, accusing the PM of "lowering the dignity" of his office. When asked about the citation written by US President Barack Obama eulogizing the PM in an international magazine, Sharma said, "He can even mislead Obama. That he has done." He claimed that the Modi government had actually "drastically reduced" the outlays for education, especially primary education, mid-day meal scheme, women and child development and SC and tribal sub-plan. II/III. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/congress-says-it-will-tail-pm-modi-on-foreign-trips-and-counter-him-there/ NATION SATURDAY, APR 18, 2015 Congress says it will tail PM Modi on foreign trips and counter him there Prime Minister Modi had attacked the previous UPA government at a gathering of Indians in Toronto. (Source: PTI) Written by Vaidyanathan Iyer | New Delhi | Updated: April 17, 2015 11:37 am Setting the stage for BJP-Congress confrontation even in foreign soil, Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma on Friday said the Congress party would henceforth send a senior leader to countries being visited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to counter him then and there. "We will send a senior party leader to all countries henceforth. He (She) will hold a parallel conference to rebut the Prime Minister's allegations against the current opposition," Sharma told The Indian Express. RELATED PM Modi Targets UPA, Says Will Clean Its Mess Narendra Modi's Remarks In 'Bad Taste', Lower Dignity Of PM's Office: Congress Indian Mujahideen,CBI Will Fight On Behalf Of Cong And SP In 2014 Polls: Modi Prime Minister Modi has visited about 16 countries since he took charge in May 2014. He recently left on a three-nation tour to France, Germany and Canada. Prime Minister Modi had attacked the previous UPA government on Thursday at a gathering of Indians in Toronto. He promised to clean up the "mess left behind" and change India's image from one of "scams" to that of a "skilled" nation. "Jinko gandagi karni thi, woh kar ke chale gaye. Lekin hum safai karenge (Those who wanted to create a mess have done it and left. But we will clean up)," he had said. WATCH MODI's FULL SPEECH [Video] Taking objection to the Prime Minister's attack on the Congress in foreign soil, Sharma said, "The Prime Minister is the country's representative abroad. Maligning the previous government and his predecessor in foreign soil is not just against convention and in bad taste, but it also lowers the dignity of the PM," he said. In an interview to The Indian Express, Sharma also said it was only because of a mature and responsible Opposition that the present government could pass so many Bills in Parliament. "The Congress voted with the government on the Insurance (Amendment) Bill," he pointed out. However, when the BJP was in opposition, its leaders in the two houses Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj justified disruption as a legitimate action in a parliamentary democracy. On Thursday, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said on Twitter, "When a head of state visits abroad, he represents the whole nation. Modi's speech is divisive, defamatory, malicious and not based on facts." Modi had launched an attack on the UPA in Paris too, where he said the previous government had allocated coal blocks like one gives away a pen or a handkerchief, resulting in losses of lakhs of crores of rupees. III. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-tail-narendra-modi-abroad-run-parallel-shows-rahul-gandhi-to-congressmen-2078413 Tail Narendra Modi abroad, run parallel shows: Rahul Gandhi to Congressmen Saturday, 18 April 2015 - 5:05am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: dna | From the print edition Congress spokesman Anand Sharma, who made the announcement, said that, so far, all political parties had maintained the decorum of speaking in one voice when abroad, and never carried domestic politics to foreign countries. Rahul Gandhi is angry. What is getting his goat is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches abroad. The Congress vice-president is unhappy with Modi's habit of criticising former Congress governments on foreign soil. So, the Gandhi scion, fresh and rejuvenated from a 56-day sabbatical in an unknown destination, has hit upon an idea. Next time onwards, a Congress representative will go to every country Modi visits to run a parallel show to counter his "lies". 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