Not to be left behind is the ruling Samajwadi Party, which refuses to miss any chance to take potshots at Modi, the "chai walla".
The party, whose Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Agarwal declared that "tea vendors cannot be allowed to become PM", has begun roping in tea vendors to promote its 'Desh Bacha, Desh Banao' (Save the country, Make the country) rallies to be addressed by party leaders.
Invitations were extended to the common people for the recently held party rally in Gorakhpur through tea kiosks.
Rajendra Chowdhary, the state spokesman of the party and the Uttar Pradesh prisons minister, however, said they were not following Modi in any way.
"Modi is a mass murderer of Muslims and there is no way we can follow him," he said.
