Modi-Manmohan shake hands days after after verbal tussle
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS): Within days after the verbal tussle, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his immediate predecessor Dr. Manmohan Singh shook hands and showed courtesy as they met during an event of 16th anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack.
The courtesy shown by Modi and Manmohan has received immense significance as the two attacked each other vehemently during the Gujarat campaigns days ago.
Manmohan on Monday attacked current PM Narendra Modi and accused him of spreading "falsehood and canards" in a bid to win the Gujarat Assembly polls.
He asked Modi to 'apologise' to the nation.
In a statement released by the ex-PM, he has denied all allegations made by Modi that he and others were invited to a dinner at Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence with Pakistani diplomats and discussed the Gujarat election.
"I am deeply pained and anguished by the falsehood and canards being spread to score political points in a lost cause by none less than Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi," Manmohan said in his statement.
Sadly and regrettably, Modi is setting a dangerous precedent by his insatiable desire to tarnish every Constitutional office including that of a former Prime Minister and Army Chief," Singh said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation during his Gujarat poll campaign on Sunday -- that Pakistan was trying to meddle in Gujarat elections -- has given rise to a lot of debate, according to media reports on Monday.
PM Modi raised the issue of the dinner thrown by Mani Shankar Aiyar and suggested that the Congress was conspiring with Pakistani leaders to prevent the BJP from winning the election in Gujarat, where the party has been in power for 22 years, media reported.
Modi along with several other MPs on Wednesday paid homage to the nation on the 16th anniversary of the Parliament attack, which occurred in 2001.
Apart from Modi and former PM Manmohan, Congress' outgoing President Sonia Gandhi, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan were seen to be present to pay the homage.
The 2001 attack was carried out by Islamic terrorist groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed leading to the death of 14 people in total.
Out of 14, five terrorists and six Delhi police personnel had died.
The attack raised tensions between the two neigbouring leading to the standoff in 2001.
Several politicians were inside the parliament, in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, when the attack took place.
Prominent politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani was inside the parliament when the attack occurred.
Five terrorists had entered the Parliament in a car with labels of Home Ministry and Parliament to launch the attack.
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