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Khurshid calls Modi "impotent", BJP condemns

Farrukhabad(UP): Union Minister Salman Khurshid yesterday described Narendra Modi as "impotent", a remark that invited a sharp condemnation from the BJP.       The External Affairs Minister's fresh salvo against the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate at a

"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.
       
Modi's close aide and 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.