New Delhi, June 28 -- Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for feeding the 194-year-old Aldabra Giant Tortoise during his visit to Seychelles, claiming that the Congress-led UPA government had already issued a postage stamp on the species in 2008.

In a post on X, Ramesh mocked the Prime Minister.

"Long before the self-declared but brutally exposed Vishwaguru discovered the Aldabra Giant Tortoise yesterday, Dr. Manmohan Singh's government had issued a postage stamp on August 2, 2008," Ramesh wrote on X.

The Congress leader's remarks came a day after PM Modi and Seychelles President Patrick Herminie toured the National Botanical Garden in Victoria during the Prime Minister's three-day State...