Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday slammed the SP-BSP-RLD tie-up, saying the alliance of "opportunists" wants a helpless government because its mantra is 'jaat, paat japna; janata ka maal apna'.
He was speaking at election rallies in Kannauj, a Samajwadi Party stronghold, and Hardoi a day after filing his nomination from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for a second term.
Dubbing the SP-BSP-RLD alliance as 'mahamilavati opportunists', Modi said in Kannauj that he does not believe in politics of caste and thanked his detractors for apprising the people about it.
Later in Hardoi, he slammed the Congress, blaming it for showing scant regard for Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and pointed out that his government has dedicated the Bhim App in his name.
Modi said, "Mayawatiji, I am most backward...I request with folded hands not to drag me in the caste politics, 130 crore people are my family."
Attacking the opposition, he said, "They want a government at the Centre which is 'majboor' (helpless) not 'majboot' (strong) as it used to do before 2014."
Stressing that the "chowkidar's" policies and intentions were clear, the prime minister took a dig at Congress president Rahul Gandhi, saying, "Some wise people had made promise of making gold out of potato which neither I nor my party BJP can promise."
Buoyed by the massive turnout braving the sweltering heat, the prime minister said, "It shows that people have decided to break the record of 2014."