Distancing from the remarks made by I.N.D.I.A bloc ally Lalu Yadav who attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “family”, National Conference chief Omar Abdullah on Friday (March 8) stated that he was “never in favour” of such statements which have come again exhausting on the Opposition in return. Noting that the Prime Minister has used the ‘Parivar’ difficulty nicely, Abdullah stated that the Opposition has finished “self-goal” by passing such feedback as these don’t work in notion of the general public.
The NC chief’s remarks got here days after RJD chief Lalu Yadav attacked PM Modi at a rally in Patna the place he stated, “What can we do if Narendra Modi does not have a family of his own? He keeps bragging about the Ram temple. He is not even a true Hindu. In Hindu tradition, a son must shave his head and beard upon the demise of his parents. Modi did not do so when his mother died.”
Abdullah reacts to the comment
He stated that the Prime Minister makes use of these points very nicely in his favour and subsequently the Opposition ought to draw back from elevating slogans like “chowkidar (given by Rahul Gandhi throughout 2019 polls), Adani-Ambani and many others.
“I used to be by no means in favour of such slogans (statements) and we’ve got by no means benefited from them. Voters usually are not influenced by such issues, they wish to know the way the problems they’re going through at current might be resolved. We really do self-goal by giving such statements and permit (PM) Modi to attain. And Modi has used the difficulty very nicely. We ought to increase points regarding individuals…chowkidar, Adani-Ambani, Rafale, household…this stuff do not work,” he stated.
Notably, the Prime Minister reacted to Lalu’s “family” attack and stated “140 crore people of the country are my family”.
“When I question their dynasty politics, they start saying that Modi doesn’t have a family…My life is like an open book. People of the country know and understand me very well…When I work late into the night and news comes out, lakhs of people write to me to not work so much and rest well. I left my home as a child with a dream in my eyes…That I will live for the people of the country, every moment of my life will be for you, I will not have personal dreams but your dreams will be my resolve. I will spend my life to fulfill your dreams and brighten the future of your children. That is why I say that crores of people in the country consider me as their own and love me like a member of their family. So, I say that 140 crore people of the country are my family,” he stated at a rally in Telangana.
The BJP additionally ran a marketing campaign “Modi ka Parivaar” on X the place the celebration leaders, together with the Union Ministers, added the slogan to their names on the social media platform to counter the Opposition’s barb.
NC chief assaults PM over Kashmir go to
Reacting to the Prime Minister’s Kashmir go to on March 7 the place he addressed a gathering, he stated that he didn’t converse something in regards to the restoration of statehood and elections within the Union Territory.
“Nothing new came from PMs visit. No word on restoration of democracy from the PM and people expected him to talk about restoration of statehood, elections, employment and other local issues. But the PM remained silent. 370 is an emotional issue for us but it is political for the PM. Why is the PM selling movie tickets?” he stated.
