New Delhi:
The political ball game between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, in the run-up to the crucial state polls and general elections next year, has witnessed the emergence of a new edge with the prominent leaders from both the parties dragging each other’s family members into their election rallies. Launching a scathing attack on the Congress for dragging his dear ones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "we never make any personal attacks on anyone's family. We criticised the post they held. But why are Congress leaders making personal attacks on my mother and father". The prime minister was addressing an election rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
Modi's barb came hours after former Union minister Vilasrao Muttemwar apparently asked the prime minister the name of his father. Muttemwar compared the lineage of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi, saying "the world knows who the father of Rahul Gandhi was, who the grandmother of Rahul Gandhi was, but nobody knows the name of Modi's father." Earlier on Saturday Congress leader Raj Babbar had compared the falling value of Indian rupee with the advanced age of Modi's mother Hiraben during a poll campaign.
PM Modi in Madhya Pradesh | Highlights
No darbari, no Raja, no Maharaja, this time again Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jabalpur
ना दरबारी, ना राजा, ना महाराज, इस बार फिर से शिवराज : पीà¤à¤® मोदी #ModiSangMP pic.twitter.com/hQrkgOLCBJ
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
The people in Madhya Pradesh are determined to make Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government in the state: Modi in Jabalpur
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— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
We are ensuring affordable and quality healthcare for all. Through Jan Aushadhi Kendras, the poor and middle-class people have been immensely benefited: PM Modi
Namdaar talks about Made in Mandsaur, Made in Jabalpur and Made in Indore mobile phones, but doesn't have that much knowledge that today India exports mobile phones: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
From Panchayat to Parliament, each and every state were once ruled by the Congress. But why people across the country are now rejecting the Congress? The reason - Because of their corruption, because they believe in dividing people on the grounds of caste, says PM Modi
Shouldn't the Congress tell you who is their Chief Minister face? When they don't trust you with this, should you trust them & cast vote for them on November 28?: PM Narendra Modi in Jabalpur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
लाइव : पीà¤à¤® शà¥à¤°à¥€ नरेनà¥à¤¦à¥à¤° मोदी की जबलपà¥à¤° में जनसà¤à¤¾à¥¤ #ModiSangMP https://t.co/LY9IoKJ0Ze
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
Abusing my mother during election rallies did not help the Congress, so now they are dragging my father: PM Modi at Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh
मेरी मां को गाली देने से कà¥à¤› फायदा नहीं हà¥à¤† तो कांगà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸ पारà¥à¤Ÿà¥€ आज मेरे पिता जी को जो 30 साल पहले इस दà¥à¤¨à¤¿à¤¯à¤¾ को छोड़कर चले गये उनको à¤à¥€ चà¥à¤¨à¤¾à¤µ में घसीटने लगी है : पीà¤à¤® मोदी #ModiSangMP pic.twitter.com/Ywjzu9qp6E
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
Four generations of Namdaars and four years of tea-seller - let's compete, says PM Modi while taking a dig at the Gandhi family in Madhya Pradesh
चार पीढ़ी नामदारों की और चार साल चायवाले के, आओ हो जाये मà¥à¤•à¤¾à¤¬à¤²à¤¾ : पीà¤à¤® मोदी #ModiSangMP pic.twitter.com/iLAVyC9v95
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
Since the public has lost their confidence in the Congress, they have started abusing my family members: Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh
कांगà¥à¤°à¥‡à¤¸ पारà¥à¤Ÿà¥€ जनता का विशà¥à¤µà¤¾à¤¸ खो चà¥à¤•à¥€ है इसलिठअपने नामदार की सह पर अब गाली गलौज पर उतर आयी है : पीà¤à¤® मोदी #ModiSangMP pic.twitter.com/URXkaa1MB0
— BJP (@BJP4India) November 25, 2018
"What is the reason behind dragging my father into the political slugfest who passed away 30 years ago? And the Congress alleges that Modiji criticises the Gandhi family," says the prime minister
#WATCH: PM Modi says in Vidisha, "kya kaaran hai ki aaj mere pita ji ko bhi ghasit ke le aaye, jo 30 saal pehle duniya chod ke chale gaye hain. Aur Congress ke naamdaar kehte hain ki Modi Ji bhi to mere parivar ke liye bolte hain". #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/qO18PXvEv3
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2018
We never make any personal attacks on anyone's family. We criticized the post they held. But why are Congress leaders making personal attacks on my mother and father: PM Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha
We never make any personal attacks on anyone's family. We criticized the post they held. But why are Congress leaders making personal attacks on my mother and father: PM Narendra Modi in Vidisha #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/VAVFo2oySL
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2018