Modi Criticizes Media and Opposition, Says Gujarat's Success Was Suppressed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that at one time the media used to rank the best performing states. Gujarat came first in a similar ranking and I was then the Chief Minister of Gujarat. This ranking was done by a body named after a former Prime Minister of the country. But then the people in power in Delhi did not like the honor of Gujarat. They ordered the research and ranking people that this would not work. Now before publishing any report, approval would have to be taken from us. PM Narendra Modi was addressing the India Agriculture Conference organized by the India Today Group in Delhi's Bharat Mandapam. After talking about the issues related to farmers in the program, PM Modi took a jibe at the opposition. He said, "Friends, nowadays some people take the Constitution out of their pocket. How sensible is the country and they think that the Constitution of the country is in their pocket. Even when they are not in the government, they have a separate power. But when these people in power, they themselves tell a story about how I was the best performer in the power.