PM justifies his harsh remarks on Advani

Defending his sharp criticism of Advani,Manmohan Singh said the nation had the right to know his views on 'completely wrong' accusation against him.

Defending his sharp criticism of L K Advani,Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the nation had the right to know his views on the BJP leader’s “completely wrong” accusation against him.

“Whatever I have said,I have done so after giving it due thought. Whatever Advani said was completely wrong. I had to respond to that,” Singh said at a press conference in Chennai.

He was replying to a question on harsh remarks against Advani when he said that the BJP leader was “weeping in a corner” when the Babri mosque was being demolished.

“Advani had been saying some things for the past five years. So,when elections were announced and I was named as candidate,I thought the people of India had the right to know my views on these accusations,” the Prime Minister said.

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