BJP is for the poor  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi  told nearly 400 top leaders of his party, the BJP, that they must focus on spreading the message about the pro-poor agenda of the NDA government among the deprived sections to counter the perceptions being built against the BJP among those sections.

“Create an image of the party and government in the hearts of the poorest of poor. Emerge not just as a political force by winning polls but also as a social force,” PM Modi told his party colleagues.

Modi’s comments underline the worry in the BJP over the list of atrocities against Dalits in the recent past which have been leveraged by the opposition to claim that the BJP has failed in protecting the vulnerable caste’s most basic rights.

Modi also told the BJP’s top leaders from each state that they must urgently combat allegations of the party failing to stand for and protect weaker sections of society. “80 per cent of party workers are not from a privileged background… Don’t let the misinformation succeed,” the PM told his team, claiming that when the BJP speaks of the poor and reaches out to them, “our opponents get rattled.”