Narendra Modi is top leader of country and BJP, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the top leader of the country and the BJP, following a one-on-one meeting between Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and PM Modi in Delhi.

Days after the one-on-one meeting between Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said Modi is the top leader of the country and the BJP. He made the statement in response to a question on whether he felt that Modi's popularity is on a downslide as media reports suggested that RSS is contemplating to project state leaders as the face in the state elections. “I don't want to comment on this...I don't go by the media reports. There is no official statement about this... The BJP owes its success to Narendra Modi in the last seven years and currently, he is the top leader of the country and his party,” Raut said.