Modi hits back at Lalu's 'no family' jibe saying 'mera Bharat, mera parivar

NT Correspondent

New Delhi: Pariwar politics came full circle on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that 140 crore Indians are "my family," a day after RJD's Lalu Prasad's "no family" jibe at him.

Meanwhile, the BJP rallied around its leader by launching the "Modi Ka Parivar" campaign to corner the opposition in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls.

Speaking at a rally in Telangana's Adil a bad, Modi also slammed opposition parties as "dynastic" and said they may have different faces but "jhoot" and "loot" were common to their character.

Modi's remarks came a day after RJD supremo Lalu Prasad at a rally of the grand alliance in Patna said, "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".

Hitting back at the opposition parties, Modi reiterated that his commitment was to the people of the country and that he had left home at a young age with the dream of serving the people.

As the BJP leaders across the nation expressed their solidarity with the prime minister, the Congress accused the party of "misleading" people about real issues.