No alternative to PM Narendra Modi in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Ajit Pawar

Questions like who will protect the country’s interests and who raised the country’s image at the international stage, these factors matter a lot. We have also seen results of recent Assembly polls in three States. A guess work before the elections does not mean results will be the same, said the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on December 25 said that as of now there is "no alternative" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country.

Mr. Pawar was replying to a query by reporters on the Opposition parties planning to challenge PM Modi's leadership ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year.

"As of now, there is no alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the country. Such a decision is taken based on various aspects and not just one or two things," Mr. Pawar said.

"You people do a lot of propaganda," he told the mediapersons.

“But questions like who will protect the country’s interests, in whose hands the country will be safer and stronger, and who raised the country’s image at the international stage, these factors matter a lot,” Mr. Pawar said.

"We have also seen results (of recent Assembly polls) in three States - Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. A guess work before the elections does not mean results will be the same," he said.

The BJP won the polls in these three States.