PM Narendra Modi raps motormouths, says BJP is ‘all-inclusive’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday underlined the support the BJP had received from backward sections of the society by noting that it had the maximum number of elected lawmakers from OBC, Dalit and Tribal communities, and asserted that its reach was no longer confined to a particular class, urban centres or north India.

Taking umbrage with the alacrity of BJP leaders  to make foot-in-mouth comments, he asked party MLAs and MPs not to speak out of turn to the media on any issue. The PM’s remark came in the back-drop of controversial statements being made by the party men amid upcoming elections.

In a video chat with party lawmakers, Modi also asked them not blame the media for reporting their statements.

Certain things are hard, but needs to be told, said Modi during an interaction with the party’s MPs, MLAs and other representatives through his mobile application.

A BJP release quoted Modi as saying that the party has managed to win over support of the rural masses as he also made a reference to the party’s win in local polls in Jharkhand.

He also asked MPs and MLAs to take a resolve to solve four to five problems of the villages falling in their respective constituencies as he issued them several instructions to observe the ongoing ‘Gram Swaraj’ campaign between April 14 and May 5.

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