PM Modi a world leader now, but Oppn parties pained by his popularity: Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a world leader and said his stature on the global stage has grown significantly but criticised the opposition parties alleging that they were pained by his growing popularitySpeaking to reporters in Solapur Devendra Fadnavis said although the opposition parties are coming together only to oppose PM Modi people have faith in him reported news agency PTIDuring the recentlyheld Quad Summit in Japans Hiroshima US President Joe Biden walked up to PM Modi and one of the points he made was the large number of requests he was getting from prominent citizens to attend the Indian leaders programmes during his next month state visit to Washington DC Biden even told Modi in a lighter vein that he should take his autograph officials earlier saidReferring to it Fadnavis said Even the US president has said that he is struggling to issue passes for PM Modis dinner as they are overwhelmed by the response of the Indian diaspora in the US Biden even wants to take Modis autographAlso Read New Parliament building first of its kind existing one was a council hall says Devendra FadnavisModi is set to visit the US in June and one of the key events during his visit would be the dinner organised at the White House for which tickets are being issuedAam Aadmi Party AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday met Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray to seek support for the AAPs fight against the Centres ordinance on control of services in Delhi He met Nationalist Congress Party NCP chief Sharad Pawar on ThursdayCommenting on it Fadnavis sarcastically said I am glad that Kejriwal is meeting Sharad Pawar He had once used such words against him Pawar that I can not utter here Similarly his acidic remarks against Thackeray and Shiv Senas commentary against him is widely known The videos of those days are being circulated againThey all are coming together only to oppose PM Modi But people have trust in Modi which cannot be forgottenModi returned today from his foreign tour The Australian PM called him boss the countries like Papua New Guinea and Fiji bestowed their highest civilian awards on him he saidOur leader has now become world leader Some people appear to be pained by it although they should have been happy Irrespective of how they see him Modi has become a world leader We dont have any medicine for such ailing opposition members he addedModis elevation on the international stage is Indias elevation as well But some people in this country fail to see it the former Maharashtra chief minister saidFadnavis also criticised the opposition parties for their decision to boycott the May 28 inauguration of the new Parliament building at the hands of PM ModiTwenty opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration saying it was an insult to the great nation and an attack on the countrys democratic values They have claimed that the prime ministers decision to inaugurate the new Parliament complex by himself completely sidelining President Droupadi Murmu is not only a grave insult but a direct assault on our democracy which demands a commensurate responseWith inputs from PTI