Modi eats Taiwanese mushrooms that cost Rs 80,000 a piece: Alpesh Thakore

GANDHINAGAR: OBC leader and Congress candidate Alpesh Thakore on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi disliked Gujarati food and was fond of Taiwanese mushrooms which cost Rs 80,000 a piece.

"Somebody told me that Mr Modi doesn't like what we eat. He eats imported mushrooms from Taiwan priced at around Rs 80,000 a piece," he said.

"And he eats five such mushrooms every day. He was eating these mushrooms since he was the chief minister of Gujarat," Thakore added.


The prime minister who eats mushrooms worth Rs 4 lakh every day how can he like this roti and chawal, he quipped.

Thakore also alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party's Gujarat leaders siphoned off Rs 1,500 crore meant for Banaskantha flood victims.

"The Rs 1,500 crore which was meant for the Banaskantha flood victims has not reached the beneficiaries but has found their way to the pockets of the Gujarat BJP leaders and workers."

Thakore formed a front from the OBC community, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities and called it the OSS Ekta Manch. Thereafter he joined hands with the Congress.