BBC Online :
Narendra Modi, the leader of India’s main opposition BJP, has criticised Priyanka Gandhi, the sister of Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, for saying that the BJP was “indulging in low level politics”.
“I belong to a lower caste of society that’s why they think my politics is low-level politics,” Modi tweeted.
Modi, the son of a tea seller, is from a disadvantaged caste.
On Monday, Modi spoke at a rare rally in Amethi, Gandhi’s seat.
He attacked their record in the area as well as what he said was their condescension to the BJP candidate.
On Monday, Modi told the meeting in Amethi that the late former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi – Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi’s father – had once “abused and humiliated” a former chief minister of a southern state at an airport. Hours later, Priyanka Gandhi reacted by saying Modi had “insulted my martyred father on the soil of Amethi”.
“People of Amethi will never forgive them for this act. Workers in Amethi will reply to their low-level politics. There will be reply from each of the booths,” she said.
Modi hit back on Tuesday morning, accusing Ms Gandhi of indulging in caste politics and tweeted: “This low-level politics [that Ms Gandhi talks about] will rescue our country from 60 years of misrule and vote-bank politics, and wipe the tears of millions.”
The campaign for the ongoing general election has seen acrimonious exchanges between Modi and the Gandhi family.
Priyanka Gandhi has been campaigning in the Amethi area and has expressed fierce criticisms of Modi and the BJP.
