PM Modi can't claim to be 'fakir' after Rs 12 crore car in his cavalcade: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not call himself a fakir now with the addition of a Rs 12 crore car in his cavalcadeIn his weekly column Rokhthok in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana Raut also praised former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for always using an Indianmade car and late PM Indira Gandhi for not replacing her security guards despite a threat to her lifeldquoOn December 28 media reported pictures of a Rs 12 crore car for Prime Minister Modi A person who calls himself a fakir a pradhan sevak uses a foreignmade car Raut said ldquoThe prime ministers security and comfort are important but from now on the pradhan sevak should not reiterate that he is a fakir asceticrdquo the Rajya Sabha member saidA MercedesMaybach S650 Guard was recently added to the prime ministers cavalcade by the Special Protection Group The price quoted for a Maybach car in a section of the media is over Rs 12 crore However government sources had said the new car was a replacement of the BMW used by the prime minister as the German carmaker stopped production of the vehicle Official sources had also said the SPG security detail has a sixyear norm to replace vehicles used for the protectee and that Modi has not given any preference on which cars to useThey also said that the car costs about onethird of the price quoted in the media Raut on Sunday said Modi who started swadeshi initiatives like Make in India and StartUp India is using a foreign manufactured car Praising Jawaharlal Nehru the Shiv Senas spokesperson said the countrys first prime minister despite security threat after the partition always used an Indianmade Ambassador car He also said that former PM Indira Gandhi despite a threat to her life did not change Sikh security personnel deployed for her security Besides former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi mingled with crowd in Tamil Nadu and got killed by the LTTE he saidAlso Read I follow PM Modi Sanjay Raut on not wearing mask at eventldquoHe Rajiv Gandhi should not have dared to mingle with the crowd But he didrdquo Raut said Targeting the Centre overnight curbs in the wake of the rise in Covid19 cases again in parts of the country the Sena leader said the Union government has imposed such restrictions at night resulting in financial losses PM Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Samajwadi Party head Akhilesh Yadav address rallies which are attended by lakhs of people But the restrictions are only for the common man Raut saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever