Panaji: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today acknowledged that the Congress party considers BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a “challenger.”
“As a political party, we acknowledge that he (Modi) is a challenger. We cannot ignore him. He is a candidate fielded by the principal Opposition party. We have to take note of him,” he said during an interaction at ‘ThinkFest' event currently on in Goa.
The minister, however, said that as an individual he is concerned about his (Modi's) ideology, philosophy and the kind of language he has been using in public rallies.
“So far he (Modi) is extremely opaque. So far he has not spoken on any of the major issues. He has just made election promises,” Chidambaram said.
He said the rank and file of Congress party feels that Rahul Gandhi should be leader of the party and leader of government, if it is voted to power in the forthcoming general polls.
