PM likens Congress’s Black Paper to kaala teeka, lauds Manmohan Singh’s contribution to democracy in RS

New Delhi, 8/2:In a sarcastic jibe at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge for coming out with a ‘black paper’ against his government and referred to it as ‘kaala teeka’ (to ward off the evil eye) in the midst of  good work done by his government.

Kharge released a 54-page “charge sheet” indicting the Centre ahead of the government’s tabling in Parliament of a ‘white paper’ on the “mismanagement” of the economy prior to 2014 with an aim to draw lessons.