Modi a better communicator: Manmohan

Former prime minister  said on Tuesday his successor Narendra Modi was ahead of him as far as communication is concerned.

Addressing the Congress chief ministers' meeting here, Manmohan Singh said: "I have to acknowledge that my successor has been a more adept salesman, event manager and communicator than me.

" He also accused the Modi government of repackaging the UPA government's initiatives and marketing them as new. "Many of our initiatives are being repackaged and are being aggressively marketed as something new," he said.

-IANS