New Delhi, April 27 -- Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for continuously criticizing the party's manifesto on Saturday and said that, seeing his defeat certain in the first phase of voting, Modi has started giving importance to the Congress' manifesto.

Chidambaram said that the continuous criticism by Modi has given a new stature to the party's manifesto. This has resulted in discussion about the manifesto in the public, and the message of the party has reached the masses and 'thanked the PM' for it.

In his social media post X, the former Union Minister said that the Congress' manifesto was ignored by Modi between April 5 and April 19. But after the first phase of the election, it got a new s...