'BJP ITSELF WILL REMOVE MODI, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT', SAYS PUDUCHERRY CM

The Congress does not need to make special efforts to remove prime minister Narendra Modi because after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he will go on his own, said Puducherry chief minister V Narayanasamy.

Speaking at the India Today Conclave South in Vishakapatnam, he said, "We [Congress] don't need to send him out. His own people and party [BJP] will send him out because of what he has done to the country. No one is happy with him, even in his own party."

Narayanasamy claimed that various BJP leaders have told him in person about the discontent within the party. "Only two people are running the show," he said.

Speaking about him relationship with the PM, he said, "PM Modi is very fond of me and that is why he has sent Kiran Bedi as the Lt Governor of Puducherry." However, very few in the audience could sense the sarcasm in his statement.

The chief minister accused the Modi government of discriminating between NDA-ruled states and those ruled by the Opposition. "This is an autocratic government. The only solution is to remove Modi. He should meet CMs to listen to their grievances."