Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Transport and Highway Minister Nitin Gadkari, changed their names on a platform to ‘Modi ka Parivar’ (Modi’s family) on Monday.
The renaming to ‘Modi ka Parivar’ was initiated following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech in Telangana, where he asserted that 140 crore countrymen are his family. He emphasized that every poor person in the nation is also part of his family, regardless of having no one, indicating a deep sense of connection.
140 करोड़ देशवासी ही मेरा परिवार है।
आज देश की करोड़ों बेटियां-माताएं-बहनें यही मोदी का परिवार है।
देश का हर गरीब मेरा परिवार है।
जिसका कोई नहीं है, वो भी मोदी के हैं और मोदी उनका है।
मेरा भारत-मेरा परिवार, इन्हीं भावनाओं का विस्तार लेकर मैं सपनों को संकल्प के साथ सिद्ध करने… pic.twitter.com/Gkc5im71TL
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 4, 2024
Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Modi ka Parivar (Modi’s family)’ statement was perceived as a counter to the INDIA bloc alliance. Responding to RJD leader Lalu Yadav’s speech, Modi stated, “The entire country acknowledges being part of Modi’s family” and reiterated, “Those without anyone also belong to Modi and he belongs to them.”
#WATCH | Bihar: Yesterday, on 3rd March, at RJD’s ‘Jan Vishwas Maha Rally’ at Gandhi Maidan in Patna, former Bihar CM & RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said, “What is this Modi?… This Narendra Modi is attacking ‘parivaarvaad’ these days. First, you should tell why you do not have… https://t.co/tme4rpndVL pic.twitter.com/WZaGhW30as
— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2024
At the ‘Jan Vishwas Maha Rally’ in Patna on Sunday, the issue of ‘parivaarvaad’ was addressed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav, noting that Narendra Modi is currently being targeted. It was pointed out that Modi’s lack of children or family should be addressed first. Additionally, criticism was directed towards Modi’s failure to shave his head and beard following his mother’s death, a traditional Hindu mourning practice.
Amit Shah
Nitin Gadkari
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In a show of support for PM Modi, senior BJP leaders on the X platform have appended “Modi ka Parivaar” in Hindi to their names, mirroring the ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign on Twitter in 2019 ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
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