Narendra Modi's 'puppy comment' kicks up political storm over 2002 Gujarat riots

Samajwadi Party spokesman Kamal Farooqui said,”It is a very sad, very humiliating and very disturbing statement...  What does he (Modi) think, that Muslims are worse than even puppies? He does not have a heart for them. He should feel sorry... He should apologise,” Farooqui said.  



“He (Modi) should be ashamed for using such a language,” the SP leader said, adding, “the earlier he apologises, the better it will be. Otherwise, there will be dangerous consequences.”

Congress leader and External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Modi was “gradually becoming his own worst enemy”. He said if Modi feels he is “misinterpreted”, he should talk less.

Attacking Modi, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said, “the expression of regret just doesn't come to Modi....There is something wrong fundamentally what he is saying.” CPI leader D Raja described Modi's comments as “desperate attempt to deceive people and hoodwink the Indian masses.” Shivanand Tiwari, leader of JD(U) which only last snapped ties with BJP, attacked Modi and said “psycho-analysis should be done on him”.

He added that it would be a “very dangerous situation if a person of such a person becomes the country's Prime Minister.”