AP Congress leader criticises Modi

Taking strong exception to the remarks of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi against the Nehru-Gandhi family, AICC Secretary P Sudhakar Reddy on Monday said they were in bad taste and made out of his "over ambition to become a national leader". "Nehru-Gandhi family does not need a certificate from someone like Narendra Modi.

The family has made sacrifices for the sake of the nation before and after independence. This is Godse's language," Reddy, also a Congress MLC in Andhra Pradesh, said in Hyderabad. Modi, who is being projected by some as the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, had attacked the Congress leadership for providing a weak "commission-seeking" government with "night watchman" Manmohan Singh at the helm. He accused the Congress of sacrificing the nation's interest for the Gandhi family.