Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Maharashtra rally on Wednesday hit back at Congress president Rahul Gandhi over 'chowkidar chor hai' campaign saying that he is being targeted because of his backward caste.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives it back to Congress President Rahul Gandhi of targeting him and his community because he was from a backward community. "I have been abused many times by the Congress and its allies but this time they branded the entire backward community as thieves," Says PM Modi.
He quoted saying this is how opposition looks at backward classes.
PM Narendra Modi said Recently the "naamdar" branded an entire community as thief. He says everyone having Modi in his name is a thief. They abuse me because I am from backward community. This is how they view people from backward castes."
In a recent rally organized by congress party, Rahul Gandhi asked people why "all thieves have Modi in their names". Gandhi listed fugitive businessman Nirav Modi and former cricket administrator Lalit Modi as two examples and wondered "how many more such Modis will come out".
The prime minister was at Akluj in Solapur district of Maharashtra that is part of the Madha Lok Sabha constituency. The sitting MP from the seat and senior Nationalist Congress Party leader, Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil shared dias with PM Modi.
PM Modi was initially expected to address the election rally at Baramati in Pune, from where Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule is in the field. However, the plan was reworked and PM Modi addressed his public rally in Solapur.
At his rally, PM Modi took a dig at Sharad Pawar for deciding not to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
The prime minister said this is the first time that people are campaigning to bring back the government to power. People are campaigning on their own to bring Modi back, to give the reins of the country to Modi again," he said.
Kanchan Kul of the BJP is contesting against Sule. She is the wife of Maharashtra legislator Rahul Kul of the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha , one of the BJP allies in the state.
The BJP expects Kul to give a tough fight to Sule.
