New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Wednesday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s criticism of the Congress over its handling of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, saying that former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s earlier statement had given the BJP a political issue to exploit ahead of the Bihar elections.

“This opportunity was given to the Prime Minister by Chidambaram himself. That’s why I had said earlier that his statement would give the BJP a political issue, especially before the Bihar elections,” Alvi told IANS.

Referring to Chidambaram’s earlier remarks, he recalled, “Two or three months back, when a TV channel asked Chidambaram the same question, he replied that it was the government’s modus operandi. I don’t know why he said something different now, when

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