Modi good captain,people will choose him as PM again: Athawale

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a good captainand no one can defeat him just as the Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli proved his capability by defeating Australia in the recent test series, Union Minister Ramadas Athawale said Tuesday.

The opposition's attempts to defeat Modi would end in failure as people have strong faith in him and his team, Athawale said.

"None can defeat Narendra Modi because he is a good captain just as we saw Virat Kohli defeating the Australian cricket team," he said.

Scripting history recently, the Indian cricket team won a test series in Australia, defeating their rivals 2-1. They also won the one-day internationals 2-1 and drew the Twenty20 series 1-1.

Taking potshots at the opposition parties' attempts to form a 'mahagathbandhan' to defeat Modi and the NDA, Athawale said these parties were only trying to spread "false propaganda" against the Prime Minister.

"People are however convinced that the propaganda has no basis and people will again choose Modi as the next Prime minister in the Lok Sabha elections," he told reporters.

He was speaking after reviewing with officials various schemes implemented in Puducherry for welfare of the scheduled castes and other weaker sections.

Athawale claimed the opposition parties have been attacking the Prime Minister without any basis "because these parties do not want a leader from the Other Backward Class (OBC) to be the country's Prime Minister."