Unleashing a flurry of personal attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting the PM fearing they might "abandon their wives like him" and that he deserves the abusive language used against him.
"How can he (Modi) respect others' sisters and wives when he has left his own innocent wife for political gains?" Mayawati said in her no-holds-barred tirade which left the BJP fuming with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying the BSP chief is "unfit for public life".
Addressing a joint SP-BJP rally here, Mayawati repeated her caste swipe at Modi, calling him a "fake OBC".
"He (Narendra Modi) is lamenting in his rallies that Opposition is using abusive language for him. 'Jo gaali khaata hai, woh gaali khaane ka kaam karta hai' (those who get abused must have done something to deserve this treatment)," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.
Earlier in the day, Mayawati said, "I have come to know that