My focus is on whole India, I don't think in pieces, says PM Modi

We have made 4 crore houses, in the new term we will give 3 crore more houses, says PM Modi

Reiterating BJP’s "400 paar slogan", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there are many states/UTs in the country where the BJP still has scope to increase its seats.

During an exclusive interview with News18, PM Modi said the BJP’s performance model is seen as the best one by people and has led to “pro-incumbency” in his favour. “There's a lot of scope to increase seats in many states. I don’t measure my popularity; my work has created goodwill amongst people. That is what is pro-incumbency,” he said.

Speaking about the party’s southern push, the PM said, “My focus is on the whole India, I don't think in pieces.”

When asked if his popularity was at its peak, the PM said he does not work for popularity. “I don’t have any criteria to measure my popularity. One should analyse what I do and what others did earlier,” he told News18.

According to him, erstwhile governments operated by cutting ribbons, doing functions at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, giving advertisements and doing media leaks. “They thought the country ran like that. The Congress worked on eliminating other parties. The country has seen the Congress model, Left model, the family dynasty party model, coalition government model and BJP government model. The best performance model is of the BJP,” said PM Modi.

He said he has pro-incumbency in his favour as when the government performs, public confidence grows. “What is anti-incumbency? That my work did not get done… Everyone's work may not get done, but in a public meeting when I say that if you find anyone in a kutcha house, send us details. We have made 4 crore houses, in the new term we will give 3 crore more houses. So public confidence grows that I am asking for votes but also promising more work to be done. When you make delivery, and that is why no one can compete with me, is my last-mile delivery and the way I make schemes. I want to make schemes that reach the last mile and common man,” said the PM.