Jaitley rejects Opposition allegations, says Modi never did caste politics

Jaitley was responding to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who had criticised the prime minister for his statement at an election rally at Kannauj.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t do caste politics and the Opposition’s allegations against him are baseless, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday.

"How is the Prime Minister's caste relevant? He has never done caste politics. He has only done developmental politics. He is inspired by nationalism," Jaitley said on Twitter.

He said those who are deceiving the poor in the name of caste will not succeed and added that "they have only amassed wealth in the name of caste politics. The Prime Minister's assets are not even 0.01% when compared to the First Family of the BSP or the RJD."

He was responding