Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for describing his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh as a “dehati aurat” (rural woman).
Calling it “a serious issue”, a visibly agitated Modi told the BJP’s Vikas Rally in Delhi that Sharif made the remark during a meeting with Indian and Pakistani journalists in New York.
“How dare you say this?” Modi said, raising his voice.
“What right you have to say this?”
Narendra Modi said that while he was willing to take on Manmohan Singh within the country, he would not tolerate any attack on the Indian prime minister by a foreigner.
“There can never be a greater insult to the Indian PM.
There cannot be a greater insult to India,” he said of Nawaz Sharif’s reported remark.
And as the crowds roared, Narendra Modi added: “We will not tolerate any insult to India.
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Narendra Modi’s comments came hours before Manmohan Singh and Sharif are set to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
