Modi signals his impatience: ‘I don’t dream of being the PM’

“I never see such dreams (of becoming prime minister),nor am I going to see such dreams. People of Gujarat have given me the mandate to serve them till 2017 and I have to do this with full strength,” Modi was quoted as saying at a Teachers’ Day function in Gandhinagar which was also attended by Governor Kamla Beniwal. He was responding to a student’s question on whether he would come and interact with them next year,if he becomes the prime minister.

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“Those who dream of becoming something end up destroying themselves. One should not dream of becoming something,but one should dream of doing something,” said Modi,according to a PTI report. His statement is being seen as a veiled dig at L K Advani,the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in 2009,who is reported to be opposing any move to announce Modi as the PM candidate before assembly elections later this year.

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In Delhi,party leaders sought to downplay his remarks,saying “It was an official function and this was the most obvious answer”. But top party functionaries admitted that “it was a message to those within the party opposing his projection” as the prime ministerial candidate.

“The sum and substance of his message was to mount a pressure on the leadership to take a quick call,while taking a dig at Advani,” said a BJP source.

Modi’s statement is also being seen as a message to his detractors,who are learnt to be demanding his resignation from the chief minister’s post if he wants to be projected as the prime ministerial candidate.

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