Rahul slams PM Modi s frugal interaction with media

Bengaluru May 10 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing a single press conference in four years.

Hours after addressing a media conference here Gandhi promised to hold many more such interaction with journalists.

"Enjoyed meeting the regional and national press today in Bengaluru. We had a packed house! I am sorry not everyone got a chance to ask a question due to the paucity of time " Gandhi tweeted.

"But unlike our Prime Minister who hasn t had a press conference in four years I will be doing many more of these " he added.

Gandhi had officially thrown his hat into the ring on Tuesday. Asked at an event of prominent citizens in Bengaluru if he harboured prime ministerial ambitions the Congress chief said: "Yes why not" if his party emerged as the single-largest party in 2019 general electins.

Modi had launched a blistering attack on the Congress chief s prime ministerial ambition.

Gandhi finished his ninth leg of campaigning for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls on Thursday and went all out to mount a direct attack on the BJP over its manifesto personal slandering and issue-less campaign by Modi.

--IANS
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