Cong attacks Modi on photo-op remark

New Delhi, Aug 15 (PTI) Congress Monday hit back at
western Indian state Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for
making a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi and said his remark
that people visit homes of the poor for photo-ops smacked of
the opposition's "frustration".
"We understand Modi's and BJP's trepidation when a youth
icon of Congress gets support like this. I understand their
frustration when they find there is nobody to give leadership
to the youths in BJP and the masses, like we have Rahul in
Congress," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters.
His comments came hours after Modi, in his Independence
Day address said, "In this country, even today, there exist
people who feel happy to have a photo-op with the poor...They
should die of shame as even after over 50 years of their
rule...so many people are living below the poverty line."
Singhvi also dismissed Modi's attack on the Union
government for allegedly using constitutional bodies to insult
Gujarat.
"It is Modi, who devalued the Election Commission. Police
officers in Gujarat who spoke against him are being
browbeaten. Let them not preach. They should set their house
in order first," he said.
Union Minister Ambika Soni said she did not want to
comment on the "extra curricular activities" of Modi.