New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'dimagi Naxal' remark in his Independence Day address, the political row over it continued with BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi hitting back at former union minister P Chidambaram over his response.
Addressing the media, the BJP Rajya Sabha MP questioned Chidambaram's "prompt" response that he was "proud to be a dimagi Naxal" and invoked former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's earlier remarks on Naxalism.
"PM Modi raised a very important topic of 'dimagi Naxal' on Independence Day. We are surprised that within 24 hours of this, Congress leader P Chidambaram has said that he is proud of being a 'dimagi Naxal'," Trivedi said.
Invoking Manmohan Singh's description of Naxa...