Shankersinh Vaghela chides Modi over ‘Indians ashamed’ remark

The Leader of the Opposition in Gujarat Assembly, Shankersinh Vaghela, took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday for the latter’s remark during his recent China tour that Indians were ashamed of having been born in India. Evoking Mahabharata, he said that even Kauravas and Pandavas had joined forces when the family was faced with a common challenge. Borrowing from Modi’s sadbhavana (goodwill) campaign of 2011-12, Vaghela said, “One should understand the true meaning of the term sadbhavana. But our incumbent Prime Minister goes abroad and abuses his own country on foreign soil. This should not happen. You may belong to) Congress or whatever other party, but while abroad, you are a symbol of our country,” Vaghela said while referring to Modi’s remarks during his visit to China early this week.

The Congress legislature party leader was speaking at an event here organised by the party to pay tribute to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 24th death anniversary. The PM, while addressing the Indian diaspora in Shangha, had said that Indians regretted being born Indians. However, Vaghela, a former chief minister of Gujarat and former Union minister, said politics should be kept within the boundaries of the country.

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