Bhopal: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh was a better prime ministerial candidate than party`s vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Swaraj was reacting to Digvijay`s remark made earlier in the day that she would be a better PM candidate than Narendra Modi.
"Even I think that Digvijay Singhji is a better candidate than Rahul Gandhi," she said in a message.
Singh had said Swaraj is acceptable to people like Atal Bihari Vajpayee while Modi has sidelined all other leaders in BJP.
BJP had earlier ridiculed Digvijay`s remark saying it did not need advice from a man who could not "dare" to fight Lok Sabha election and has been involved in his party`s three consecutive defeats in Madhya Pradesh.
"Our party has taken a decision after due deliberations. We don`t need his advice. But let me ask him who is his party`s PM candidate? The courtiers in Congress backed Rahul Gandhi for it but he did not accept the challenge," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
