My statement being wrongly interpreted: Salman Khurshid

New Delhi, July 10 (ANI): Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is under fire for his remarks on Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday said his statement was being wrongly interpreted.

" My statement is being wrongly interpreted. They were taken out of context," Khurshid told media here.

Making a U-turn over his statements, Khurshid said: "I never told the newspaper (Indian Express) that the government is directionless".

Asserting that there is no need to create controversy over his statement, Khurshid appealed to the media to read the government's statements in a positive light.

In an interview to 'The Indian Express', Khurshid said, "We need a new ideology to be given by our next generation leader Rahul Gandhi to move forward and to meet contemporary challenges."

"The fact is that he is undoubtedly and unquestionably the number two leader in the party. Yet he has not taken up the mantle or accepted a functional responsibility. He is so far not willing to accept the number two position," he added.

He further said: "In UPA II, governance and politics have all got intermingled. The political props have got mixed up. It's a scattered situation. The stage has to be set up again and only the Congress president can do it. She is the one who has the stature. The Prime Minister can then run the government, but he cannot set the stage," Khurshid said. (ANI)