New Delhi: After promising to keep his poll pitch on 'development and growth', BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday played the caste card, saying that he is being targeted because he belongs to a lower caste.
Modi's assertion of his caste identity came a day after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hit back at him for "insulting" her father Rajiv Gandhi. She accused Modi of indulging in 'low-level' politics and claimed that people of Amethi will never forgive him.
Modi tweeted his reply:
"I belong to the socially lower strata, that's why they dub my politics as low-level."
"It may be possible that some people can't see it, but the sacrifice, martyrdom and of people belonging to lower castes have played a key role in taking the country to great heights."
"It is this 'low-level' of politics that will free India of the 60 years of mis-governance and vote bak politics and wipe the tears of millions of Indians.""It is this low-level of politics that has the power to ensure that 'Bharat Maa' emerges as a prosperous and powerful country in the world."
Yesterday, while addressing a rally in support of BJP's Amethi candidate Smriti Irani, Modi had accused Congress of practising politics of 'arrogance' and said Rajiv Gandhi, when he was Congress General Secretary, had once publicly 'abused' and 'humiliated' the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister T Anjaiah - CM between 1980 and 1982.
He then raked up the unceremonious removal of Sitaram Kesri as the Congress President in 1998 as "Madam Sonia Gandhi" was angry against him and wanted to take over the reins of the party.
Modi also mentioned the treatment meted out by Sonia Gandhi to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, saying "when he passed away, he was treated like Bahadur Shah Zafar and denied even a small piece of land for his cremation in Delhi."
At the same time, Modi raked up the Ordinance on convicted lawmakers passed by the Cabinet which Rahul had publicly denounced as nonsense at a time when PM was visiting US.
Shortly after Narendra Modi finished his address in Amethi, Priyanka said, "Inhone Amethi ki dharti pe mere shaheed pitaa ka apmaan kiya hai. Amethi ki janta is harkat ko kabhi maaf nahi karegi. Inki neech rajniti ka jawaab mere booth ke karyakartaa denge. Amethi ke ek ek booth se jawaab aayega." (The BJP has shown disrespect to my martyred father in Amethi. The people of Amethi will never forgive this insult. My workers will respond to their low-level of politics. The answer will be there for all to see from every single booth in Amethi.)
First Published: Tuesday, May 06, 2014, 10:29
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