Targeting Rahul Gandhi on his "why are all thieves named Modis" remark, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Congress chief, by making that jibe, had maligned the backward community he hails from.
Addressing a poll rally here, Modi also slammed the "dynastic politics" of Sharad Pawar and claimed the NCP chief
had "fled" the poll arena from Madha Lok Sabha constituency as he sensed defeat.

"The Congress and its allies say that all Modis in the society are thieves. The Congress and its allies have not kept
any shortcomings in abusing of my backward caste. This time they have crossed the limits and abused the entire backward society," Modi said. Addressing a poll rally in Maharashtra recently, Gandhi had said, "I have a question. Why all the thieves have Modi in their names whether be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Narendra Modi? We don't know how many more such Modis will come out."