PM's Language Unacceptable, Manmohan Singh and Co. Write to President
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi must be cautioned against using "unwarranted, threatening and intimidating language" that is unbecoming for the country's top post, a group of Congress leaders, including former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, has written in a letter to the President.
"It is unthinkable that in our democratic polity, the Prime Minister as head of the government would utter words which are threatening, intimidating in content and a public warning to the leaders of the main opposition party, the Congress," said the letter to President Ram Nath Kovind.
The letter refers to PM Modi's speech at a public meeting in Karnataka's Hubli on May 6, in which he said: "Congress leaders, please listen carefully, if you cross your limits, remember this is Modi - and you will pay."
The Congress leaders said the Prime Minister "was not expected" to use menacing language while campaigning, because then it would be the abuse of his powers and privileges as PM to settle personal and political scores.