New Delhi : Union law minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday blamed media 
Addressing a press conference after his reported remarks triggered a row, Khurshid said his statements on Rahul Gandhi and the Congress are being wrongly interpreted.
“My party has to give strength to the government. The party is the base of the government and the party, despite the disappointments that it has faced in few places, is absolutely determined to ensure that we put the best possible step forward to face the challenge that we face today.
“In that context my urging of young and new leadership of our party to prepare themselves to lead from the front, to prepare themselves to take on the challenge of our times is something you must see in the right context rather than in the negative context,” Khurshid said in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Law Minister also said that he wanted to make it clear the media reactions will persuade him or convince him to say that he should not discuss these things in the presence of media but discuss within the party.
“I, on reflection, feel this (discussion about leadership) is something which we should restrict to within our party forum,” he said.
Khurshid said those in the government and in the Congress are making constant efforts to have a dialogue with the media to make available the best information with transparency.
“But obviously everytime, that we reach out to you, talk to you, it is for you to a decision to make. Are you going to see that in a positive light? Or are you going to project it in a negative light?
“My urging and my request to you is please read it (his remarks) in a positive context because we are determined as a government to face the global challenges that have an impact here as well and those local domestic issues that have arisen, we will face them with confidence,” he said.