"After the elections, he has to reach out to the people. What will be Avatar II, we have to wait and watch. It is too early and premature to say anything right now," he told reporters here.
When reporters drew his attention to Tharoor's observations on the functioning of Modi, he said, "It has not even been a month since Modi became Prime Minister."
"He (Kharge) has been a senior minister. Kharge has also been in the Manmohan Singh Cabinet. He is a seasoned politician. That's why he has been made leader of opposition," Singh added.
The former Madhya Pradesh CM also condemned the abduction of Jesuit priest Fr Alexis Premkumar reportedly by Taliban militants in Herat province of Afghanistan early this week and sought the intervention of the Centre and Prime Minister Modi to secure his safe release.
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