'Polarisation' replaced 'development' in Modi's speeches: NCP

The NCP Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Time magazine featured him on the cover of its international edition with a controversial headline.

The American magazine's May 20, 2019 international editions - the Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia and South Pacific - feature the Modi cover story with the main headline "India's Divider in Chief". Its secondary headline reads "Modi the Reformer".

Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil alleged that the issue of development has disappeared from the latter's poll speeches and it is replaced by polarisation based on caste and religion.

"(The issue of) development has disappeared from the speeches of Modi long back and it has been replaced by polarisation based on caste and religion. It stands proven due to the cover of @TIME too," Patil tweeted.

Patil observed that the magazine had praised Modi in 2015, but added the new headline marks a major departure from the situation prevailing then.

The article "India's Divider in Chief" is written by Aatish Taseer, son of Indian journalist Tavleen Singh and late Pakistani politician and businessman Salmaan Taseer.

The article also said the opposition Congress party has little to offer other than the dynastic principle.