Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said his successor Narendra Modi was ahead of him as far as communication is concerned, report agencies.  Addressing the Congress chief ministers' meeting, 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. Addressing the meeting he also said, "There is somewhat of an euphoria that our GDP growth since 2014-15 has started accelerating once again." But doubts have been expressed both within and outside Government about the validity of the new GDP numbers, he said. Seeking to rejuvenate the Congress after its worst debacle in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had called the meet, which is expected to focus on failures of the Narendra Modi government, which recently completed a year in office. Addressing the programme, Sonia said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is projecting himself as a champion of good governance, but he is allowing his colleagues to make communal statements."