‘Modi a self-proclaimed Vishwaguru’, says Jairam Ramesh
Live MintCongress leader Jairam Ramesh took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘my country is my family’ remark, calling him a ‘self-proclaimed Vishwaguru' and a ‘democratically elected person’. This came after PM Modi on Monday asserted that 140 crore Indians are "my family" as he mounted a counter-offensive over RJD's Lalu Prasad's "no family" jibe at him and 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. He 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?