Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked BSP chief Mayawati, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and the Congress for starting a discussion on their acerbic comment dubbing Modi as a ‘fake OBC’. At rallies in Hardoi, Kannaujand Sitapur, Modi said, “As you are playing the game of forward and backward caste politics and issuing my caste certificate, let me tell you I belong to the most backward caste, which is so miniscule you may not even trace a single house of my caste in a village.”

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The Congress, SP and BSP have only one aim, he said: “Jaat paat japna…janta ka maal apna (playing politics of caste, and pocket people’s money).” Calling the alliance leaders “maha milawati log (adulterated people)”, Modi said, “Meri jaati to itni chhoti hai ki gaaon mein ek-aadh ghar hi hota hai. Main toh pichhdhe nahi, ati-pichdhe mein paida hua hoon. Aap merey muh se bulwa rahi ho toh bol raha hoon. (My caste is so low that in a village there are only a few houses from that caste. I do not belong to just backward caste but was born into a most backward community. I am saying this because you are forcing me to).”

Modi tore into SP-BSP alliance at in the rally at Hardoi, saying Mayawati has been seeking votes for those who insulted Ambedkar calling him a ‘bhu mafia’ (land shark). “To remove Modi, Behenji (Mayawati) is seeking votes for those who had called Ambedkar a land grabber… This happens when caste forms your political base,’’ Modi said.

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