lucknow senior congress leaders seem to be taking turns to create situations to embarrass the party a day after union law minister salman khurshid described congress president sonia gandhi emotions while going through the photographs of batla house encounter union minister for steel beni prasad verma described prime minister manmohan singh as too old to handle his job in 2014 thereby paving the way for rahul gandhi to become pm beni made this comment on friday while talking to reporters in mandiahu assembly constituency of jaunpur where he was campaigning for the party candidate asked about the political prospects of rahul gandhi verma said manmohan singh is already 80 years old by 2014 next lok sabha election he will be 82 there is a limit to which anyone can handle the pressures of being a pm so rahul gandhi will automatically become the prime ministersenior congress leaders were unwilling to comment on benis statement on saturday but the opposition was quick to react this shows how and what beni prasad verma and his party feels for the veterans in the party look at their mentality he is showing the door to the person who got him in his cabinet said benis friendturnedfoe and senior samajwadi party leader mohammed azam khan earlier beni had left the party embarrassed when he described fellow congress mp from barabanki pl punia as an outsider in up politics punia has come from punjab all the people here are our people and we are winning all the six seats verma had told reporters after casting vote in his home district of barabanki the purpose behind describing punia as an outsider was to send across a message that if the congress win seats in barabanki it would be due to benis clout