MODI IS PURE, NOT CHOR: RAJNATH

Bhadrak (Odisha), Feb. 17: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh Sunday asserted that the country’s “chowkidar (watchman) is pure and not a chor” (thief) while lashing out at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his frequent barbs against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Addressing a rally on the outskirts of the north Odisha town of Bhadrak, the BJP stalwart said that Modi will continue to serve as prime minister after the Lok Sabha polls for his “honesty, integrity and performance”.

In reference to Mr Gandhi’s oft-repeated jibe of ‘chowkidar chor hai’ (the watchman is the thief) made in the context of the Rafale fighter jet deal, Singh said, “No one can raise question on the intention and integrity of the prime minister.”

“The Congress chief says ‘chowkidar chor hai’, but he should realise that the country’s chowkidar is not chor but pure.”

“He (Modi) is sure to to be prime minister again, he is the cure to all problems,” Mr Singh said. “Who will Modiji grab money for? He has no family,” the BJP leader said.