New Delhi: A woman Jashodaben, 62 who alleged herself the wife of Gujarat CM and BJP’s PM Candidate Narendra Modi, had said in an interview on Saturday that she didn’t feel bad that Narendra Modi has cut her out of his life.
Notify that Narendra Modi had never commented over the reports that he get married in a traditional arranged marriage when Jashodaben was 17.
Jashodaben, a retired school teacher, spoke amid intense speculation about Modi’s personal life as he leads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into general elections due by May.
Jashodaben, who goes by one name, told media that she remains a big fan of Modi, even though she says they split three years into their marriage and since he left “we have never been in touch”.
“I know he will become PM (prime minister) one day.”
Jashodaben gets a monthly government teacher’s pension of 14,000 rupees and leads a reclusive life with a brother in a village in western Gujarat.
She said the couple “parted on good terms… there were never any fights.”
“In three years, we may have been together for all of three months,” she added.
She said she reads “everything (about him) I can get my hands on.”
“I don’t think he will ever call me,” she added.
Jashodaben also claimed that she didn’t “feel bad” if Narendra Modi has never acknowledged her as his wife. She also added, “I know he is doing so due to destiny and bad times.”
She said, “In such situations, he has to say such things and also has to lie.”
According to a recent Modi biography by Indian author Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay claimed that Modi kept the wedding secret because it meant he would not be able to climb the ladder of the puritan Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), a hardline Hindu group that frowns on key workers marrying. He also claimed that the marriage of Modi was unconsummated.
Bureau Report
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