"Two Fathers of the Nation...": Amruta Fadnavis's "New India" Title For PM
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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife, often in the news for her public statements, was speaking at an event in Nagpur
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis's wife Amruta Fadnavis termed PM Narendra Modi "Father of the Nation", but then tweaked it a bit to also cover Mahatma Gandhi, who is usually given that honorific.
During an interview on stage at an event organised by a writers' association in Nagpur this week, she was asked what Mahatma Gandhi would be as she called PM Modi "rashtra-pita".
"Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the Nation and Modi-ji is the Father of New India. There are two Fathers of the Nation — one from this era, one from that era," she said, speaking in Marathi,
This is not the first time she's used the analogy for Narendra Modi.
