PM dragging Gujarat into GST debate joke of 2011: Modi

GANDHINAGAR: Chief minister Narendra Modi said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's attempt to drag Gujarat in an effort to save himself was the biggest joke of 2011. Modi was reacting to Singh's press conference before television editors on Wednesday.

The PM had said the BJP was stalling the constitutional amendment on the goods and services tax because it wanted Congress to reverse the decision on "a Gujarat minister". Amit Shah, former Gujarat home minister, was arrested in 2010 for masterminding the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

Modi termed PM's statement a "futile attempt to clear the blemish on the PM".