BJP 'counters' former PM

In a "counter" to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's interview to a newsmagazine, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said it was "absolutely delighted" that Singh had "finally found his voice in the Modi regime".

"We welcome him to a free India where anyone can speak what he/she thinks, unlike the India when even he as the PM was denied free speech," the party said. It said during Singh's 10-year long prime ministerial tenure, his "silence and inability to act against corruption hurt India's image internationally and put citizens' trust in the government at an all- time low".