Day after BSP supremo Mayawati said that Narendra Modi is not an "OBC by birth", the prime minister on Saturday said that "he has only one caste - the caste of the poor of the country".
Addressing a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Robertsganj PM Modi said, "The people of the 'Mahamilawat' recently started picking on my caste, I want to tell them that I belong to the caste of the poor of the country."
"I provided housing, water facilities, and gas facilities to the poor because I belong to them," he further said.
Mayawati's remark came after Narendra Modi's remark that the SP-BSP 'mahagathbandhan' is "casteist".
"PM's accusation that 'mahagathbandhan' is casteist is laughable and immature. How can those who suffered from casteism be casteist?" Mayawati said in a tweet.
"Entire country knows he isn't an OBC by birth; he hasn't suffered from the atrocities of casteism. So he shouldn't say such lies about 'mahagathbandhan'," the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister added.