It's quixotic: Cong wonders why Modi hosted Abe in Gujarat and not Delhi

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari hoped state visit was not being used for 'political purposes' in view of the elections in Gujarat, slated to be held later this year

The Congress on Wednesday raised questions over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's state visit to Ahmedabad and not the country's national capital and hoped it would not be used for political purposes in view of the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections.

Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said it was "quixotic" that Abe was not being hosted in Delhi.

"We do not want to transgress propriety by commenting on a state visit but it is rather quixotic that the Prime Minister of a country as important as Japan,