(PTI)Mayawati broke a political taboo on Monday to make a rare reference to Narendra Modi’s “desertion of his innocent wife”, arguing the Prime Minister could not be expected “to respect women”. “Married BJP women feel afraid when they see their husbands go near the Prime Minister,” the Bahujan Samaj Party president told a media conference in Lucknow. “They fear their husbands might desert them under Modi’s influence.”Mayawati added: “He (Modi) deserted his own innocent wife for selfish political reasons. On Monday, finance minister Arun Jaitley tweeted: “Behan Mayawati — She is firm on becoming a Prime Minister. Her personal attack today on the Prime Minister exposes her as unfit for public life.”Behan Mayawati - She is firm on becoming a Prime Minister.

Source: The Telegraph May 14, 2019 01:30 UTC