Tea stall vendor' Modi can never be PM: Naresh Agarwal

Hardoi/ Bhopal, Nov.13 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Naresh Agarwal on Wednesday described the BJP's prime ministerial candidate as divisive, and controversially remarked that a "tea stall vendor" can never become the nation's prime minister.

"A tea vendor's point of view can never be that of a national stature. Narendra Modi says he used to sell tea, now he says he wants to be the Prime Minister," he said in Hardoi.

"If a constable is given an Superintendent of Police's (SP's) job, his perspective will not change. It will remain that of a constable," he added.

Reacting to the comment made by Agarwal, Union Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat said in Bhopal: "A tea seller can become prime minister, but whether Modi has that national views, even I have doubts on this."

He also said that Modi follows a divisive ideology, and added that someone who cannot take people along together can never become the nation's prime minister.

"This is a democratic country. And whoever gets the support of the people, will become the Prime Minister. But Narendra Modi has a divisive ideology. One, who cannot take everyone together, can never keep India united. So a person like that cannot become the Prime Minister of India,' he said. (ANI)

The above statement just shows the mindset of our political class.

Just why may I ask can't a tea stall owner become a Prime Minister.

Although I support the AAP and not the BJP I am shocked at the statement issued by these people.

The aptitude of the person does not depend upon his birth antecedent or what he was.

The way Namo has performed in Gujarat, I can safely say that he is better than any of the aspirants of all the political parties, excluding the AAP.

I'll name a few who have already proposed themselves.

Jayalalitha, Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Naveen Patnaik, Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar.

Did I leave out any names?

Narendra Modi will be better than any of the above and after Manmohan Singh's reign, the people of India, want him.

Manmohan Singh is a highly qualified person, respected by everybody.

He was a very able Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

As Finance Minister, he was able to turn around the Indian economy.

But, he has been the worst Prime Minister in India's history.

UPA has given us two of the worsts.

The worst President in Pratibha Patel and as mentioned above the worst Prime Minister.