MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said PM Narendra Modi should not call himself a ‘fakir’ having now bought a new "Rs12-crore" Mercedes car.
In his weekly column ‘Rokhthok’ in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamna’, Raut heaped praises on former PM Jawaharlal Nehru for always using an Indian-made car.
“Prime Minister Modi, who calls himself a fakir and pretends to be a Pradhan Sevak, bought a foreign-made car. Security of the Prime Minister, comfort and other things are important, but then the PM should not repeat that he is a fakir,” Raut said.
Raut also praised the courage of late PM Indira Gandhi for not replacing her security guards despite a threat to her life, adding, “He [Modi] should not have done this but he did. PM Modi’s Rs 12-crore bulletproof, bomb-proof car is important.”
