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Major row over Sharif purportedly calling PM 'village woman'

New Delhi:  A major controversy erupted today over Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif purportedly calling his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh a “village woman” with Narendra Modi terming it as the “biggest insult” of the Prime

Modi, who made an issue of the comments, said, “The journalists who were sitting in front of Nawaz Sharif when he was insulting our Prime Minister should also answer to the people of my country”.

“I want to ask those journalists, I don't know who were they but journalists of my country who were having sweets sitting with Nawaz Sharif when he was abusing our Prime Minister calling him village woman, I expected those Indian journalists, the country expected them, to refuse the sweets and walk out,” he said.