Pune, Oct. 25 -- Maharashtra Congress senior spokesperson Gopaldada Tiwari on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for targeting Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi during the NDTV World Summit, alleging that the PM had devoted considerable attention to criticising the Congress leader instead of addressing key national and international issues.

In a statement, Tiwari questioned why Modi spent time criticising Gandhi on an international platform if he considered the Congress leader "unproductive and unsuccessful".

He said the Prime Minister should have used the platform to discuss India's progress in various sectors, inflation, unemployment, international challenges and concerns over the United States' policies, instead of focusing...