NEW DELHI: Targeting the Congress's Amarinder Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the Chief Minister reveres "the (Gandhi) family" more than the nation and that's why he "boycotted" an event attended by the Vice President.

Speaking at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir, PM Modi said the Congress "politicised this sensitive occasion".  Pm Modi further said, "He went to Jallianwala Bagh with naamdar but didn't find it right to attend event with Vice Pres. This is the difference between 'Rashtrabhakti' and 'Parivar bhakti'. "Naamdar" is a pejorative for Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.”

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The Prime Minister also said, "I have known Captain Amarinder Singh for a long time. I have never raised a question on his patriotism. I can understand the kind of pressure which must have been put on him for such 'parivar bhakti'."

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The statemennt of PM came after Amarinder Singh did not attended a programme.  Yesterday was the centenary of the Jallianwalla Bagh, where nearly 1,600 peaceful protesters were killed by soldiers led by British General Dyer. Mr Venkaiah Naidu had attended a government programme in the area, where homage was paid to the martyrs. 

Amarinder Singh, he said, was "busy in 'bhakti' of 'Congress parivar'".