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Modi adds flavour to Agarwal's storm in a tea cup



Talking to India Today, Bihari Lal, a tea-seller who makes his livelihood selling tea at the BSNL stadium in the cantonment, asked if Naresh Agarwal believes that tea-sellers aren't human? He said that if a person works hard and reaches a high position in society, people are bound to get jealous of him and Naresh Agarwal is jealous of Modi, nothing more. Praising Modi, he said that Modi has not forgotten his days of poverty and nobody can stop him from becoming the prime minister now.



Mileage of grime: Modi scores on 'tea-seller', fails on 'sahebzada'

Talking to India Today, Bihari Lal, a tea-seller who makes his livelihood selling tea at the BSNL stadium in the cantonment, asked if Naresh Agarwal believes that tea-sellers aren't human? He said that if a person works hard and reaches a high position in society, people are bound to get jealous of him and Naresh Agarwal is jealous of Modi, nothing more. Praising Modi, he said that Modi has not forgotten his days of poverty and nobody can stop him from becoming the prime minister now.

The tea-sellers of Agra have united against Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal's statement that tea-sellers cannot run the nation. The credit for this goes to the BJP workers, who have taken a cue from Naresh Agarwal's statement and brought the tea-sellers of the town together just before BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's Agra rally on November 21.Jeetu, a tea-seller who works out of a wooden stall in the loha mandi area of the town said, "Since I heard that Narendra Modi used to sell tea and is now going to become the Prime Minister of India, it has given me so much pride that I am now charging a rupee less on a cup of tea till Modi wins the elections."Kamal, a tea-seller from Delhi Gate, has even named his tea stall as 'NaMo Tea Stall' and is selling tea on discount to his patrons, asking them to help Modi win the elections. He said that the tea-sellers of Agra will soon meet and form a strategy to help Modi win the elections.BJP leader Keshav Dixit told India Today that Modi's November 21 Agra rally will be historic and never before will UP have seen such a huge turnout. He said that the tea-sellers of Agra should be commended for taking a firm stand against Naresh Agarwal's statement and opposing the Samajwadi party. He said that no amount of criticism can stop Modi from becoming the prime minister now.