National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that PM Narendra Modi can't play victim as he has also indulged in personal attacks against his political opponents. 

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He was reacting to PM taking strong objection to his mother and late father being dragged in the electoral discourse in the last few days. Omar tweeted: 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress Sunday for dragging his parents into a political slugfest, alleging that it was being done at the behest of party chief Rahul Gandhi.He also justified his own tirade against the Nehru-Gandhi family, pointing out that unlike his parents, they occupied top positions in politics and the government.

However, Omar Abdullah reminded his followers on Twitter that even Sonia Gandhi's parents have been targetted who aren't in public life. 

Congress leaders have kicked up a controversy recently by first comparing the falling value of the rupee to the advanced age of Modi's mother and then claiming that the father of the prime minister was not someone illustrious."What has happened to the Congress party? Naamdar (referring to Rahul Gandhi) is tacitly supporting it, and therefore, its leaders are dragging the name of my father, who passed away 30 years ago," Modi said, addressing a rally here in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.

"The Congress is running out of steam in this election, so they have started dragging my parents into politics."No Congressman would make such a statement against me or my family without the consent of the party president (Rahul Gandhi). It is the 'naamdar' (dynast) who is making his leaders speak against me," he added."My mother sits in her house, performing religious rites, confining herself to a room, and has never visited Madhya Pradesh. She does not even know the 'R' of 'rajneeti' (politics)," Modi said.

"Yesterday, they took the name of my mother and now my father. The Congress chief is behind this....Naamdar alleges that the prime minister takes the names of his family members. Yes, I have to take their names as they were in politics, unlike my family members who sit quietly in their home and do their job," he added.

"Had my parents held any public post, they should also have been criticised," the prime minister said."Your family has occupied top positions at the national level. The more you ask me about my performance, the onus is more on your family as well," he added.The opposition party was left with no issues and was, therefore, indulging in this kind of an abusive rhetoric, Modi said.

With PTI inputs