Addressing a public rally near this Punjab town, Rahul Gandhi said: "You (Punjab) have given Manmohan Singh to us. What Manmohan Singh has done for the country, no one else has done."
Rahul, who recently said in New Delhi that the ordinance on convicted politicians, brought by the Manmohan Singh government, was "nonsense" and need to be "torn and thrown", had a faint smile on his face as he broached the controversial remark on the ordinance.
He said: "I was joking with the prime minister after the ordinance (controversy) and I told him what was in my heart. I told him what we have learnt from you."
Pointing out that clear intentions and conscience were needed in politics, Rahul said: "Manmohan Singh has clear intentions."
