Patna, Aug. 16 -- BJP MP and former union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today launched a sharp political attack on senior Congress leader and former union Home Minister P. Chidambaram, accusing him of displaying an "irresponsible mindset" by saying, "Modi ji, I am also mentally a Naxal."Prasad told news persons here that Chidambaram's remark was highly objectionable, particularly because he had himself served as the country's Home Minister and was also a senior Supreme Court lawyer and Rajya Sabha member.
"Chidambaram should understand the context and seriousness of the Prime Minister's statement," Prasad said, arguing that Narendra Modi's reference to a "Naxal mindset" was made in the context of the government's campaign against Maoist vio...