Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took a swipe at Rahul Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that the party waited for the Congress president to “become wise” and thus placed an “acting PM” for 10 years.

Addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, the PM said, “Chahe remote se sarkar chalani ho ya phir video game khelna ho, actor se zayada yeh log soch nahi pate. Tabhi toh Prime Minister in making ke samajhdar hone ke intezar mein Congress ne 10 saal tak iss desh par ek acting Prime Minister thop diya tha (Be it running the government with a remote or playing video game, these people can’t think beyond actor. That is why waiting for the Prime Minister-in-making to become wise, they imposed an acting Prime Minister on the country).

Top BJP leaders have repeatedly labelled the UPA governments under Manmohan Singh as “remote-control government”. Singh became the PM in 2004 and remained in his position till 2014, when the BJP came to power.

The Congress is projecting Gandhi as the party’s Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Earlier today, Gandhi took a jibe at PM Modi for the latter’s remarks on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

At an election rally in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, PM Modi, referring to allegations against Rajiv Gandhi in the Bofors scam, said, “Your father was termed ‘Mr Clean’ by his courtiers, but his life ended as ‘bhrashtachari No 1′ (corrupt number 1).”

Reacting to the comment, the Congress chief tweeted, “Modi Ji, The battle is over. Your Karma awaits you. Projecting your inner beliefs about yourself onto my father won’t protect you. All my love and a huge hug. Rahul.”

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At the rally in Sagar today, the PM also targeted Gandhi for his alleged association with UK firm Backops.

“His scams are being unearthed from land, air and water. The ‘naamdar’ in an interview mentioned that his aim was to malign my image. But more the mud he throws at me, better the lotus will bloom,” he said.

Gandhi has been served a notice by the Union Home Ministry on a representation from BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, claiming that a company named Backops Limited was registered in the United Kingdom in 2003 with the Congress leader as one of its directors.

Swamy’s letter also alleged that Gandhi declared his nationality as British in the company’s annual returns filed on 10 October 2005 and 31 October 2006. His date of birth in the annual returns has been given as 19 June 1970.

“He owned a company called Backops in England which was shut in 2009. But in 2011, a partner in the company got a submarine deal contract. The government was of the Congress. How did the Backops partner get the deal, what was his experience in defence contract?” Modi said.

At the rally, the PM blamed the Congress rule for the lack of basic amenities like pucca houses, electricity, toilets and bank accounts during the first 25 years of Independence.