Ahmedabad, Apr 19 : In a scathing attack on L K Advani, Congress alleged on Saturday that the BJP leader was a "dishonest PM-in-waiting" while questioning his statements on the Kandahar hijack episode. "Irrespective of what happened in Kandahar, the fact is a leader should lead from the front. He should speak nothing but the truth," Congress party's national spokesperson Abhishekh Singhvi told reporters in Ahmedabad.
Referring to the Kandahar incident, he asked, "whether the country can afford to have a dishonest prime minster in waiting, who is deliberately, blatantly taking liberties with the truth."
Singhvi said that Advani in his book and in a TV interview had said that he was not aware or part of the meeting which took the decision to escort terrorists to the Kabul city in 1999 in return for freedom for the passengers of Indian Airlines flight IC 814.
"Mr Advani has been completely proved to be taking gross liberties with the truth. He deserves to come clean on this issue, as either of the two is lying," the Congress spokesperson said.
Singhvi said that there was no reason why Fernandes who is not a Prime Ministerial candidate, should lie on this issue.
"Advani, should either condemn his minister's version or accept that he spoke falsely," he said.
