Hitting out at the Opposition alliance after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad mocked him as a person who did not have a family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 4 said the country’s “140 crore people” were his family and he was working day and night for their development.
“Mera Bharat, Mera Parivar” (My India, My family), he declared and said the entire country was speaking in one voice - “I am Modi’s family”.
“The farmers and the poor are my family. I have dedicated myself to empower them,” Mr. Modi emphasised at a public meeting of the BJP in Chennai, adding for those who did not have a family, he was their relative and vice versa. On his call, the party cadre, who filled up the YMCA grounds in Nandanam, joined along to chant “Naan Dhaan Modiyin Kudumbam” (I am Modi’s family).
