Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he did endorse or appreciate External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid description of Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as "impotent" in whatever context.
"I don't appreciate this kind of language," Gandhi said, when he was asked for a comment on Khurshid's remark.
Khurshid had on Wednesday defended his remarks, insisting that he meant Modi's "administrative incompetence" in the handling of the 2002 Gujarat riots, and also said he did not think he would be censured for his choice of words.
"If he (Modi) does not understand these words, then I can send him a dictionary," Khurshid said.
"I am not his (Modi) doctor, I didn't physically examine him. I meant that he lacks strength to do what he could have done," he added.
