Country won't pardon Modi for remark against Rajiv Gandhi: Raj

MNS chief Raj Thackeray Sunday condemned Prime minister Narendra Modi's statement against late Rajiv Gandhi, saying the country will not pardon him for the remarks

During an election rally, Modi said Rajiv Gandhi wastermed as "Mr. Clean by his courtiers but died as corrupt no1." In a tweet, Thackeray said, "Hatred, endless lying and absolutely no qualms in transgressing the decorum of public life are the three characteristics that mark the term of Narendra Modi." "This stands intensified with his latest statementsagainst the late Rajiv Gandhi and the nation will definitelynot pardon it," he said

The MNS chief had addressed a number of rallies acrossMaharashtra in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections in thestate, in which he lambasted Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and theparty-led Union government over its policies.