Modi: My priority is to serve Gujarat till 2017, not to be PM

Modi: My priority is to serve Gujarat till 2017, not to be PM

FP Politics September 6, 2013, 14:37:00 IST

The BJP’s poll campaign chief said his priority was to serve the state that had elected him as Chief Minister.

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Modi: My priority is to serve Gujarat till 2017, not to be PM

After all the furore over whether he will be the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, is the party’s poll campaign chief Narendra Modi not interested in the post?

While attending at a Teacher’s Day function at a school in Gujarat, Modi was asked by a student if he would be the next Prime Minister of the country.

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The Chief Minister has said he has no intention of becoming the Prime Minister. PTI

“My intention is not to be something but to work,” Modi reportedly replied, according to a CNN-IBN report.

He was quoted as saying, “In either case people of Gujarat have chosen me to serve till 2017 and that is my priority."  

The Gujarat chief minister’s statement comes even as he faces fire over the resignation letter given by suspended encounter cop DG Vanzara. Tthe RSS is reported to be pushing for him to be declared as the party’s PM candidate immediately.

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