Unleashing a flurry of personal attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting the PM fearing they might "abandon their wives like him" and that he deserves the abusive language used against him.
"How can he (Modi) respect others' sisters and wives when he has left his own innocent wife for political gains?" Mayawati said in her no-holds-barred tirade which left the BJP fuming with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the BSP chief is "unfit for public life".
Addressing a joint SP-BJP rally here, Mayawati repeated her caste swipe at Modi, calling him a "fake OBC".
"He (Narendra Modi) is lamenting in his rallies that Opposition is using abusive language for him. 'Jo gaali khaata hai, woh gaali khaane ka kaam karta hai' (those who get abused must have done something to deserve this treatment)," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
Earlier in the day, Mayawati said, "I have come to know that in BJP, married women leaders get scared when they see their husbands in Modi's close proximity. They fear that like Modi they might also abandon their wives."
Slamming the BSP supremo for making personal remarks against the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tweeted: "Behan Mayawati - She is firm on becoming a Prime Minister. Her governance, ethics and discourse stoops to an all-time low. Her personal attack today on the Prime Minister exposes her as unfit for public life."
UP BJP spokesperson Chandra Mohan said "nothing can be more indecent than the statements made by her. The truth about Mayawati and her politics is coming out in front of everyone."
Hitting back, state BJP spokesperson Chandra Mohan said Mayawati "is extremely sad, and her frustration is coming out in the open."
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