On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remark that Modi as PM would be disastrous for the country, Jaitley said: "The post of Prime Minister has a certain sanctity, and there should be dignity in his choice of phrases. The phrases that he used for Modi is highly undignified.
"You go through history, there were riots in Gujarat in 2002 unlike 1984. Can Manmohan Singh ji say why not a single man died in police firing in 1984? Here, nearly 200 people died in police firing, meaning police was taking action. 4-5,000 cases were registered, people were convicted in 1800 cases. What happened in 1984?
" Since 1947, there has not been a single chief minister against whom so many probes were ordered. Gujarat police investigated, Supreme Court said we will monitor the probes, it itself appointed officials who said there was no evidence. Supreme Court itself said its committee could not find evidence, we will appoint an amicus curiae. Then both the documents were sent to the judge who said he was not guilty. And now Prime Minister says he is a mass murderer.
"On one hand, the courts, SIT said no evidences could be found, and yet the PM uses such words which are undignified. I challenge him if he can use such phrases even after a court verdict whether he will use similar words against the man who was prime minister on November 1, 1984?" Jaitley said.
