'Bunch of idiots': Chidambaram hits out at PM Modi over his caste status
New Dellhi, Apr 28: Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his stance on caste and his "origins as a chaiwala", senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday asked if the PM considers people a "bunch of idiots" who have suffered memory loss.
The former finance minister's scathing attack on the Prime Minister came a day after PM Modi said in Kannauj that he does not believe in politics of caste.
"Narendra Modi is the first person who became PM later who campaigned wearing his caste on his sleeve (2014): ''I am an OBC''. Now, he says he has no caste!" Chidambaram tweeted.
EC has failed the country says Chidambaram
"In 2014 and thereafter, he said repeatedly that he is proud that the people elected a chaiwala as PM. Now he says, he never mentioned his origins as a chaiwala! What does the PM take us for? A bunch of idiots who have large memory losses?" he asked.
At
the
poll
rally
in
Kannauj
on
Saturday,
the
prime
minister
had
said,
"Mayawatiji,
I
am
the
most
backward...I
request
with
folded
hands
not
to
drag
me
into
caste
politics,
130
crore
people
are
my
family.
This
country
did
not
know
my
caste
till
my
detractors
abused
me...I
am
thankful
to
Mayawatiji,
Akhileshji,
the
Congress
people
and
the
''mahamilavatis'' that
they
are
discussing
my
caste...I
believe
that
taking
birth
in
a
backward
caste
is
an
opportunity
to
serve
the
country,"
he
had
said.