(Image source from: Narendra Modi will be 'disastrous' for India: Manmohan Singh )

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while speaking at the press conference today said that BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi will be a 'disaster' for India. At the same time he announced that he will step down after the general elections scheduled for April-May 2014.

Singh stated that when the appropriate time comes, the Congress would announce its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 16th Lok Sabha election. The PM also praised Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi as someone with "outstanding credentials" who he felt deserved to be nominated the Prime Ministerial candidate of UPA.

(AW: Pratima Tigga)