Patna: Firing a fresh salvo, disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism of Rahul Gandhi for expressing readiness to become PM, and alleged that he was indulging in “attention diversion politics” instead of answering the “pertinent” questions raised by the Congress president.

In a series of tweets on a day when assembly polls are being held in Karnataka, the Patna Sahib BJP MP said the Congress president, who has “matured in the past few years”, was popular with the general public and asked what was wrong if the leader heading the biggest, oldest national party saw a possibility of becoming the next prime minister.               

“Anybody can become PM in our country. Naamdar, Kaamdar, Daamdar or for that matter any average Samajhdaar, if he has the numbers and support.

“Why are we making such a hue and cry about it? After all, isn’t it their internal matter and any PMship has to be through verdict of majority,” Sinha said in a series of tweets tagging both Modi and the BJP and signing off with slogans of “Jai Karnataka, Jai Hindi!”  

Modi had mocked Rahul Gandhi’s remarks that he is ready to become the PM if Congress emerges as the largest party in the 2019 general election, calling him immature and ‘naamdar’ (dynast). “You (Gandhi) are ‘naamdar’, while I am ‘kaamdar’ (ordinary worker),” he had said earlier.