New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the former Army Chief MM Naravane's unpublished memoir controversy and India-US trade deal, claiming that the PM is "unable to muster the moral courage to face people and parliament" over these issues.

Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, Tiwari said, "For the first time in the history of PM Modi's tenure, after the Indo-American deal and General Naravane's citation, PM Modi is unable to muster the moral courage to face the people of India and the Parliament of India."

Congress has raised several issues in Parliament, with a major one arising from MM Naravane's unpublished memoir on the 2020 China standoff in eastern Ladakh. ...