NEW DELHI, Feb 08:: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at former PM Dr Manmohan Singh and said that "there is not a single black mark against him despite all the corruption. Only Doctor Saab knows how to bathe with a raincoat in the bathroom."
The remark references the many corruption scandals that erupted in the government on Dr Singh's watch when the Congress-led coalition governed the country for two successive terms. Despite the swindles, the personal integrity of Dr Singh, a respected economist, is usually exempt from criticism and hard-sold by his party.
"Such harsh and ugly comments are not acceptable. No PM has ever used such comments about a former PM," said senior Congress leader P Chidambaram; the party's MPs in protest walked out of the Rajya Sabha.(Inputs from Agencies)
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