Mayawati makes personal remarks against PM, BJP says she is unfit for public life

Unleashing a flurry of personal attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP supremo Mayawati alleged that he "abandoned his innocent wife for political gains", drawing angry reaction from the BJP which called her "unfit for public life".

Mayawati also alleged that women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting the PM fearing they might "abandon their wives like him" and that Modi deserves the abusive language used against him by the opposition.

With the Prime Minister daring her to withdraw support to Congress government in Rajasthan over the Alwar gangrape case, the BSP supremo, in a statement, accused him of playing "dirty politics" over the incident.

"It is extremely shameful. How can he respect others' sisters and wives when he has abandoned his own innocent wife for political gains?" she said.

"I have come to know that in BJP, married women leaders get scared when they see their husbands in Modi's close proximity. They fear that like Modi they might also abandon ...