NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack against the opposition parties while referring to Lalu Prasad’s ‘PM has no family‘ remark.
Addressing a public gathering in Chennai, PM Modi said: “INDIA bloc has a ‘new formula’ … to abuse me; that I don’t have a family.”
He also condemned the DMK government over their flood management in Chennai.
Meanwhile, referring to Stalin junior’s ‘Sanatan’ remark, PM Modi said: “We saw how the SC asked tough questions at a DMK minister; insulting faith of crores of people is an identity of the dynasts.”
Here are top quotes from PM’s Chennai public meeting:
- INDIA bloc has a “new formula” to abuse me; that I don’t have a family
- Dynasty parties only think about their future whereas I work for everyone’s future
- DMK govt did not do flood management but media management; told the media all is well during Chennai floods
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- My bond with
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- Modi has resolved for developed Tamil Nadu, along with developed India. We have to soon make India the third top economy of India. Tamil Nadu and Chennai have a big role to play in this.
- I have a long-standing love for Tamil Nadu. However, in the past few years, whenever I visit Tamil Nadu, some people start getting stomach ache. They have a problem with the increasing mandate of BJP here.
- In our mission to build a developed India, the people of Chennai will play a very very important role.
- Parties like DMK and Congress say their motto is ‘family first’, and Modi says ‘nation first’. The people of INDI alliance have found a new formula to abuse me. They have started saying that Modi doesn’t have a family. Those who have family, do they get the license for corruption. Do they get the license to grab the power for their family? They have got used to abusing my family. I left my family, not for myself or fun, but for my country. This country is my family, these 140 crore Indians are my family.
- We saw how the SC asked tough questions at a DMK minister; insulting faith of crores of people is an identity of the dynasts.