Congress hits out at Advani, terms him 'perennial PM-in-waiting'

Congress today took potshots at LK Advani for his remarks that it would badly lose if Lok Sabha polls are held now,  terming the senior BJP leader a "perennial prime minister-in-waiting" who is living in a "dream world".

"Advani is again living in his dream world. He would like election to happen every week because he still dreams of becoming the prime minister, which he could not. He is a perennial prime minister-in-waiting," party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi told reporters at the AICC briefing.

Singhvi was reacting to Advani's remarks made on the last day of the two-day National Council meeting of BJP in Indore. The BJP leader claimed that Congress would badly lose if Lok Sabha elections are held now as people are feeling that they
have been "cheated" by those who came to power in the name of the common man.

The Congress spokesman said Advani should realise that he would never become prime minister even if elections are announced once again.

Singhvi also attacked the BJP leader for his criticism of home minister P Chidambaram over the issue of surrender policy
for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) militants, saying it is unfair for Advani, who himself was home minister in the past, to have made such remarks.

"Advani should not fish in troubled waters and instead look at the record of his own home ministership, which was marked by many unfortunate tragic incidents. Moreover, it (the issue of surrender policy for youths who had crossed over to PoK for militant training) is a policy, which is yet to evolve," Singhvi said.