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| 'Modi Now an NRI', Says Lalu Yadav |
| 'Modi Now an NRI', Says Lalu Yadav in Dig at PM's Foreign Trips
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| INDIA
, 18-November-2014
4:43:32 AM |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-nation tour, has been described caustically as an "NRI" by one of his sharpest critics, Bihar politician Lalu Yadav.
"Narendra Modi is no more the country's prime minister. He is an NRI. He has bought some media who chant his name. Photographs are being taken of fake cleanliness drives. The media is portraying that Modi's popularity is booming abroad when there is trouble at our borders," Mr Yadav, the chief of th4former Bihar chief minister, said on Tuesday, adding to the litany of opposition barbs at the Prime Minister's foreign visits.
On Sunday, Congress leader Salman Khurshid had questioned the large crowds at PM Modi's events abroad and suggested that people were flown from India to cheer for him.
"It is easy to gather a crowd and give speeches. If you don't believe me, check flight tickets,"Mr Khurshid was quoted as saying by a news agency.
In a blog, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sneered at Mr Khurshid's "fascinating claim."
Mr Jaitley wrote, "If UPA leaders, during their days in Government, left the expatriate Indian population underwhelmed, is it to be presumed that this should be true for others? I can understand the plight of Salman and his party colleagues particularly when Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets a larger crowd in Sydney than what Salman's leader gets in India."
Mr Khurshid had referenced the Prime Minister's address to the Indian diaspora in Nay Pyi Taw three days ago and questioned how a crowd of 20,000 people gathered at the Myanmarese capital where streets are generally empty.
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