Will not support Modi for prime ministership: Patnaik

October 14, 2013 22:07

Odisha Chief Minister and BJD Chief Naveen Patnaik today categorically stated that he will not support Narendra Modi for prime ministership after the Lok Sabha polls next year.

Patnaik also said that a lot of people were "uncomfortable" with the idea of the Gujarat Chief Minister becoming the Prime Minister of the country and he also felt the same way.

"There is no question of supporting Narendra Modi for the prime ministership. A lot of people are uncomfortable with the idea of Modi and so am I," he told IBN7 Hindi news channel. Asked why was be uncomfortable with Modi, Patnaik told his interviewer, "you know this."

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