Angry PM Modi blasts at Congress' Raj Babbar's remark on his mother's name in MP rally; 'bhidne ke bajaye, Modi ki maa ko gaali de rahe hain'
An angry Prime Minister Narendra Modi exploded at the Congress and its leaders at an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur on Saturday over dragging his mother's name in politics for their benefits and challenged the party to contest him rather than stooping to such a low level.
" Jab mudde nahi hote, kusanskar bhare hote hain, ahankar saatven aasmaan par hota hai, tab jaakar kisi ki maa ko gaali dene ki himmat aati hai...Azadi ke baad jisne itne saal raaj kiya, us party ke jimmewar log Modi ke saath bhidne ke bajaye, Modi ki maa ko gaali de rahe hain (When they failed to challenge me, and didn't get any issue to rake up in the polls, they have now started to abuse my old mother)" PM Modi thundered at the rally triggering a huge applause from the crowd.
Jis maa ko rajneeti ka 'R' maloom nahi hai, jo maa apni puja paath, ghar mein bhagwan ke smaran mein apna samay bita rahi hai us maa ko rajneeti mein ghaseet ke liye. Congress ke log Modi se mukabla karne ki aapki taakat nahi hai: PM Modi in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/FmlHsvJVU4
— ANI (@ANI) November 24, 2018
Earlier, Congress leader Raj Babbar dragged PM Modi's name comparing the rupee's falling value against the US dollar with her age that triggered up a controversy. The BJP demanded an apology from the opposition party's president Rahul Gandhi. PM Modi's mother, Hiraba, is a nonagenarian.
"Aapki 4 peedhi, chaiwaale ke 4 saal. Hum desh ko kahan se kahan pahucha diye uski charcha karne ko tayyar nahi hain. Aapne dekha hoga mohalle mein jab ladai hoti hai aur satya uske paksh mein na ho to ladai ke andar wo mudde chhodkar ke seedha teri maa meri maa par aa jata hai (Compare your four generations with the work done by a chaiwala in four years. They are not ready to discuss the difference)" he went on to add.
"(Before becoming the prime minister) Modi used to say that compared to the (US) dollar, the value of the rupee has fallen to a level where it is almost the same as the age of the then Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh)," Babbar, the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, said in a rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Thursday.
"(Before becoming the prime minister) Modi used to say that compared to the (US) dollar, the value of the rupee has fallen to a level where it is almost the same as the age of the then Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh)," Babbar, the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, said.
"Mr Prime Minister, at that time, you had not taken his (Manmohan Singh) name out of respect. Although our tradition does not allow this, we wish to say that now the value of the rupee has fallen to the age of your respected mother," he added.
First published: 24 November 2018, 15:30 IST