New Delhi, 26 February 2014

Union External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today described BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as “impotent”. Khurshid had once compared Modi to the proverbial frog just out of the well.

Without taking the name of Modi, Khurshid, who is a sitting MP from Farrukhabad said “we don’t accuse you(Modi) of killing people… Hamara aarop hai ki tum ‘napunsak'(impotent) ho. (Our accusation is that you are impotent). You couldn’t stop the killers,” he added. ‘napunsak’ is a term used for impotent men in Hindi.

Reacting to this, BJP leader and former Gujarat Minister Jay Narayan Vyas said Khurshid’s “absolutely indecent comment” reflected the “frustration” of the Congress leaders ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

“They are so frustrated that they have lost control over their mind and tongue,” Vyas, who is spokesman for the Gujarat government said, and recalled Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar’s tea seller jibe at Modi.

BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal said he was saddened at the kind of language coming from somebody who claims himself to be educated and observed it is “debasement of politics” of the worst kind.