Ahmedabad: Saffron Terrorism: Modi says PM Must Apologize to People
Ahmedabad, Aug 30 (PTI) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today sought an apology from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for use of the term 'Saffron Terrorism' by the Home Minister P Chidambaram.
"The post of the Prime Minister has been devalued and he has become helpless as someone else is in control of the administration," Modi said at a public function here.
Criticising Home Minister P Chidambaram for using the term 'saffron terrorism', Modi said, "it is the height of misfortune that the Union Minister has demeaned the chair which was once held by the Iron man of India, Sardar Patel."
"Is not there a saffron flag on a temple? Would you call it a centre of terrorist activity? Swami Vivekanand, Dayanand Saraswati, Shankracharya, Swami Ramdas and others who have sacrificed for the country wore saffron clothes. Are you calling them terrorist?" Modi asked.
"Every Congressmen will have to answer this," he said.