Grand alliance has no agenda but to remove me, says PM Modi

This came after PM Modi was questioned if he is insecure and worried about the grand alliance formation by the opposition.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an interview to a monthly magazine trashed the idea behind the grand alliance of the opposition and said that “Opposition has no agenda but to remove Modi”. This came after PM Modi was questioned if he is insecure and worried about the grand alliance formation by the opposition. Responding to the same, PM said “The BJP contests elections on the issues of development and good governance”. “On various parameters – economics, security, social justice, and foreign policy – our government has done well. After 2014, time and again the people have blessed us in all parts of India. The mandates we have received in state after state are historic. Hence, we are confident that people will repose their trust in us”. Taking on grand alliance, PM said, “As for a Grand Alliance, the comparisons with 1977 and 1989 are flawed. In 1977, the common motive of the alliance was to protect our democracy that was under great threat due to the Emergency. In 1989, the record-breaking corruption of Bofors had hurt the entire nation”. “Today, these alliances are not motivated by national good but they are about personal survival and power politics. They have no agenda except to remove Modi”.