Opposition forming alliances to practice negative politics: PM Modi

New Delhi: Coming on harsh over the opposition alliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, said that opposition parties are practicing negative politics for their own existence ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

"They are abusing Modi and the BJP but they should not underestimate the people. Our friends in opposition are anyway a confused lot. They leave no opportunity to say that Modi is bad, government is not working, people dislike the BJP, yet the first thing they do is form opportunist alliances with parties they disliked till recently and still do perhaps," he said in a apparent jibe at the coming together of SP and BSP in Uttar Pradesh.

Speaking during his meeting with the booth level BJP workers, PM said that the saffron brigade is not in politics for ‘divide and rule’ or ‘building vote banks’.

"Unlike other parties, we are not in politics for divide and rule or building vote banks. We are here to serve the country in every possible way. The upcoming polls are very important for BJP and the country," said Modi during his interaction with BJP workers from Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur, Sivaganga, Theni and Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu through video conference.

He asked if Modi was so bad and that his government was not working, why were they making alliances.

"Should you not be confidant of yourself? The truth is that they know this government is a working government. They know the poor, youth, women and farmers have a strong bonding with BJP. Just for their own existence, they are making short term alliance," he said.