Donkeys inspiring, teach us to be loyal, Modi�s reply to Akhilesh

Hyderabad Feb 23 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a point-to-point rebuttal for Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav’s recent donkey jibe aimed at the PM and Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. At a rally in Bahraich, Modi said he would have understood had Akhilesh attacked him or the BJP but he could not fathom why the UP CM attacked the donkeys that were thousand of miles away in Gujarat. He also questioned Akhilesh’s fear of donkeys and said the animal was loyal to its masters.

Earlier on Monday, Akhilesh had made an apparent attack on Modi by making “donkey” remark while referring to an advertisement of Gujarat government in which megastar Amitabh Bachchan promotes tourism in the state.

Modi also claimed that the Congress, with which the Samajwadi Party has stitched an alliance for the elections 2017, had issued a stamp of a donkey in 2013. He said, “Akhileshji, aapne jinse haath milaya hai ye wahi log hain jinhone pichli sarkar mei unhi gadhon ke naam se stamp nikala tha.”