JP Nadda's ‘super PM jibe’ as Congress mounts attack on BJP over Manmohan Singh's funeral
Hindustan TimesHours after the Congress intensified its attack on the Centre over the handling of former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s funeral at Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat and demand for his memorial, Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda accused the part of doing “cheap politics”. “The Congress, which never gave real respect to Manmohan Singh when he was alive, is now playing politics in the name of his respect.” He also accused the Congress of placing its former party president Sonia Gandhi as a “super PM” over Manmohan Singh during his tenure as prime minister from 2004 to 2014. What Congress said The Congress on Saturday accused the Union government of poorly handling the funeral arrangements of former PM Manmohan Singh’s funeral at Delhi's Nigambodh Ghat. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also called the government’s decision to conduct the last rites at Nigambodh Ghat as a “total insult” to Manmohan Singh.