2019 LS Polls | I have the same caste as that of India's poor: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up his ante against the opposition in an election rally at , saying that he has only one caste and that is the caste the poor of the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Robertsganj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up his ante against the opposition in an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Robertsganj, saying that he has only one caste and that is the caste the poor of the country. "Those who consider themselves poor, I belong to their caste," PM said. The comments of the PM come at a time when the opposition parties have been raising up the issue of PM's caste with BSP supremo Mayawati even going on to assert that PM Modi was not even an OBC. Recently during a press conference, Mayawati had said that RSS would have never let Modi become the Prime Minister had he been an OBC. Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Sonbhadra, Prime Minister Modi cited the 'operation Shakti'- when India carried out a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions - to drive home the point that a strong government means a stronger India. PM Modi said, "21 yrs back on this day, India successfully carried out nuclear test - operation Shakti. I salute scientists who brought laurels to the country with hard work. This historical incident in 1998 proves what strong political willpower can do for national security." Meanwhile, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said that PM Modi has hatred and anger in his heart and it's Congress' duty to remove that hatred. "He targets me, my dad, my grandmother and my grandfather. He speaks about them out of hatred," Rahul said.