With the Congress rejecting his idea that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh engage in a television debate with him, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani said on Saturday that if he was not willing, he could ask Congress President Sonia Gandhi to face him.
"I have told the PM several times that it would be so nice that like in foreign countries (US presidential debate),
we should also have a debate. Instead of a BJP public meeting, the Election Commission could organise a meeting (for the debate)," Party's prime ministerial candidate Advani told an election rally in Uttar Pradesh.
"If the Prime Minister is not willing (for a debate), he can ask the Congress President (Sonia Gandhi)," he said.
On the lines of US Presidential debate, Advani had earlier this week asked the Prime Minister for a TV debate to
help people judge who was the better prime ministerial candidate.
Reacting to this, Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan said, "the BJP was too impressed with the US system".
Some of the Congress members have opposed such a debate, saying it was more suited to countries having a presidential form of government.
