Karnataka polls: Modi accuses Congress of insulting Cariappa and Thimayya

Swaraj India's Yogendra Yadav asked the PMO to hire a "fact-checker" as the frequent gaffes were "embarrassing"

A lesson in history

At a public meeting in Kalaburagi in Karnataka, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress, and the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, of insulting Field Marshal KM Cariappa and General KS Thimayya. Citing history as proof, the PM said after defeating Pakistan in 1948, General Thimayya was insulted by Nehru and the then defence minister VK Krishna Menon. However, many pointed out the factual errors in the statement. One of them being Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala (pictured) who requested the PM to “brush up his knowledge of history”. But it turned out that