Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who is the BJP's candidate from Mumbai North, hit out at leaders of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday for labelling him an outsider, saying they are "helpless" and making ridiculous arguments.
"There can be nobody more Mumbaikar than me," Goyal told PTI, responding to the "outsider" barb by the opposition. He was taking part in a road show.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut and Congress leader Varsha Gaikwad have called Goyal an "outsider". They said voters of Mumbai North would send "Pedder Road's parcel back to Pedder Road" in the Lok Sabha elections for the parliamentary constituency on May 20. Goyal had mentioned his residential address as Malabar Hill, a locality in the vicinity of Pedder Road, an affluent neighbourhood in South Mumbai.
