NEW DELHI: Rubbing salt on Congress' wounds, the BJP on Wednesday alleged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been "insulted" because of the "make Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister" chant by a section of the ruling party leaders.

The main Opposition party also scoffed at Congress' attempts to quell demands to bring in the young Amethi MP, alleging sycophancy towards one particular family is that party's culture.

"The Prime Minister is being insulted because of the repeated demands to make Rahul Gandhi the Prime Minister by some senior Congress leaders," BJP Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha V K Malhotra said.

He said the Congress is now saying that Sonia Gandhi and her son have no taste for an "environment of sycophancy" but the fact is that "sycophancy towards one particular family is the basic Congress culture".

"Most of the government programmes are named after Rajiv Gandhi. They cannot find any other leaders. It has crossed all limits of sycophancy," he told reporters here. "It is a strange joke," he added.

Source : PTI