Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday targeted the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress over dynastic politics, alleging that these parties were contesting elections to benefit their families and their vote banks. “SP and Congress people either do good only for their family or for their vote bank,” Mr. Modi said, addressing an election rally in Etawah supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ram Shankar Katheria. Speaking of himself and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Mr. Modi touched upon a bachelor’s identity to say that they did not have children and worked for “your children”.
Mr. Modi described the manifesto and slogans of both the Congress and the SP as “lies”, and said their “objective” was also not good. “These people (the SP and the Congress) are trying their level best to unfurl lies about our Constitution and democracy because Modi uncovered their appeasement vote bank politics,” the PM said.
Hinting at his humble roots, Mr. Modi said that a chaiwala created a legacy and broke the design where only heirs of royal families became Prime Ministers or Chief Ministers. “The legacy created by Modi is for everyone. I want that in 2047, your son and daughter can also become the PM or the CM. This chaiwala broke the evil tradition where only the heir apparent of royal families becomes the PM or the CM. In future, people would say that there was a Prime Minister in the country who was a chaiwala and now even a poor man’s son can become a Chief Minister or a Prime Minister,” Mr. Modi said.
