Chennai, March 5 -- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Saravanan Annadurai on Tuesday countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's family statement that the entire nation is his family, calling it a "mere rhetoric" and asked him what has he done for the country in the last ten years.

"It is mere rhetoric. I want to ask the Prime Minister, what has he done for the country in the last 10 years. You promised so many things. You promised Rs 15 lakhs if you brought back the black money stashed away. You say the entire country is your family, so why are you not giving this 15 lakhs to your family members, and why are you cheating on them?" DMK leader Saravanan said.

Earlier PM Modi on Monday said that 140 crore Indians are 'my family' and slammed t...