PM Modi should follow his own advice and speak more often: Manmohan Singh
PM Modi and Manmohan Singh.
Hitting out at the PM, Singh said that Modi's failure to speak gave the people a chance to think that they could get away with anything would any action being taken against them
Former PM Manmohan Singh has come on record to criticisePM Modi over his long silence on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases asking him to"follow his own advice” and “speak more often”.
Manmohan was speaking to the Indian Express.
Hitting out at the PM, Singh said that Modi's failure to speak gave the people a chance to think that they could get away with anything would any action being taken against them. He added that he was glad that the PM broke his silence and assured that "daughters of India" will get justice.
He also blamed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti for not handling the Kathua rape case properly. He claimed that her approach to the case might have been affected by her coalition partner, BJP.
Singh has often been taunted for not speaking up on important issues, more so during the last couple of years during his 10-year tenure to which he said that he “had lived with comments like these his whole life”.
The Congress leader said that Modi’s failure to speak up earlier had allowed people to think that they could get away without stern action being taken against them.
He also accused the Centre of turning a blind eye to law and order issues in the country just a year before the general elections in 2019.
The alleged gangrape and murder of the girl, who belonged to nomadic Muslim community, took place in the Kathua district in January. After being missing for a week, her body was found on January 17.