A day after SP leader Naresh Agrawal took a jibe at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that a tea seller can’t become Prime Minister, Modi on Thursday hit back at the comment and said “those born in rich houses are mocking the poor”.
Addressing an election rally at Durg in Chhattisgarh, Modi remarked “those born in rich houses are mocking the poor, a leader of a Congress ally has said something, the comment does not reflect on Modi but reflect their mentality,’’.
Modi further said, “in a democracy anyone even those who are doing boot polish can become country’s ‘Bhagya Vidhata’ if he or she has potential,’’.
Amid vociferous slogans in favour of Modi by the massive crowd at Ravishankar Stadium here, the BJP leader said that he had never hidden anything about his past.
“I never hid this, in childhood I used to sell tea in trains to earn two square meals but never picked pockets but someone is making fun of it,’’ Modi stated.
The Gujarat Chief Minister addressed five rallies on Thursday in Chhattisgarh where the second and final phase polling for 72 seats is scheduled on Nov 19. The State went to polling for 18 seats on Nov 11. The BJP is in power in Chhattisgarh since December 2003.