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New Delhi, July 09: The Time magazine's criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's performance on Monday led to a political slugfest with BJP blaming Sonia Gandhi for giving political authority to Manmohan Singh and Congress targeting Atal Behari Vajpayee.
The controversy started over the recent issue of Time magazine dubbing Singh as an ''underachiever'', which prompted BJP to hit out at the Congress President who is also UPA chairperson.
''We would like to make it very clear that Sonia Gandhi cannot escape the blame because she has given the political authority to (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singh on account of which India has suffered because of mal-governance, corruption and under-development,'' the party's chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said.