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Press Trust of India
Last Updated : Feb 18 2013 | 6:45 PM IST
he has done is that he has confused his personal opinion, with that of the PCI chairman, therefore he does not deserve to hold the office of the PCI chairman," Yashwant Sinha said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi trashed Jaitley's comment that Katju was "more Congress than Congress" questioning whether everybody who has criticised Modi was a Congress plant. "I am astonished at the outburst (of Jaitley). Over the last eleven years, people of all colours, parties, persuasions and views have at different times criticised and even condemned Modi. Does it mean all of them are Congressmen? "Anybody who criticised Modi becomes a Congress plant. In that case, thousands of people of the country - unconnected with politics, connected with politics, whosoever has done so must be treated as a Congress member," Singhvi said. Slamming Jaitley for his "venomous" attack on the PCI chairman, Digvijay Singh said that Katju had always been impartial and at the same time very sensitive to the people's cause. "Why did Mr Arun Jaitley keep quiet when he brought out the issues against the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, against the Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, against the Home ministry in the arrest of Iftekhar Gilani? "When he sort of publicly rebutted the police in the case of gangrape in Delhi, he kept quiet on those occasions," the Congress leader added. "The fact is that they (BJP) are a fascist ideology who can't take criticism ....Who believe in either you are my way or the highway," Singh said. Meanwhile, Katju stuck to his remarks on Modi and said, "Mr Arun Jaitley has demanded my resignation, I demand Mr Arun Jaitley's resignation." Katju said Jaitley "has made reckless remarks against me, called me a megalomaniac and all kinds of most derogatory language he has used. It was most unbefitting of a person who claims to be of his stature. So, infact, he should resign and take 'sanyas'. He is not fit to be in politics."

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First Published: Feb 18 2013 | 6:45 PM IST

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