For a change, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday disapproved of his party colleague Mani Shankar Aiyar's controversial remark on the humble origins of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Such occasions in politics are rare when a Congress leader is in disagreement with his own partyman and goes out of way to support a rival in Bharaitya Janata Party. Ever rarer when the rival happens to be BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. And rarest if the Congress leader turn out to be Digvijaya Singh!



Disbelief? Quite natural.



For a change, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday disapproved of his party colleague Mani Shankar Aiyar's controversial remark on the humble origins of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.



Last week, Aiyar had mocked Modi's prime ministerial ambitions and said a place would be identified for him to sell tea at the AICC meeting. Modi has often referred to his humble background as a tea vendor at a railway station at many of his electoral rallies.



In a country where people from humble backgrounds have risen to occupy top posts like that of the President, it was not right on the part of Aiyar to make such a comment, former Madhya Pradesh CM told PTI at his residence in Bhopal.



"India happens to be a democracy, where every common man can aspire to reach the highest post in the country," Digvijaya said.



Now, that's quite heart-warming and very different from the mudslinging games that define our present-day political rhetoric.

