Even Pakistanis want a PM like Modi: Karnataka CM Bommai in Mandya

Karnataka Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai on Sunday said that even Pakistanis have claimed that they want a leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"We call him a global leader and there is a reason for it. It is because not just Indians, but even Pakistanis have accepted him as a great leader. Today, they say that they need a PM like Modiji to solve their issue," Bommai said at the inaugural event of the 6-lane Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway in Mandya.

His reference to Pakistanis wanting a leader like PM Modi comes after a recent video in which a Pakistani man is claiming that his country would have been like India if PM Modi was leading it.

"If The partition had not happened we would have got tomato at PKR 20, chicken at PKR 150 and petrol at PKR 50," a Pakistani is reportedly heard telling in a viral video while claiming that the fate of his country would have been different if ruled by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Pakistani man's fulsome praise for PM Modi in interactions with a popular YouTuber has gone viral. He made this remark during an interview with Pakistani YouTuber named Sana Amjad. He honestly told her that the citizens of Pakistan would not have faced such a situation if both countries were united.

"I wish Pakistan and India were never partitioned. Then, we would buy vegetables for PKR 20 per kg, chicken for PKR 150 per kg, and petrol for PKR 50 per liter. It is regrettable that Allah got us an Islamic nation but you see Modi is way better. You see how he is sincere towards his people, wish we could have Modi. We do not need Benazir (Bhutto), Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, or Parvez Mussharraf, we need Modi, who would bring our people on the right track. Modi has taken his country's economy ahead making it the fifth-biggest economy in the world," Opindia quoted the man named Abid Ali as saying.

"I'm ready to live under Modi's leadership in Pakistan. Modi is a great man. He is not a bad person. You see today t tomatoes and chicken are available to Indians at affordable prices. You begin hating the nation you were born in when you can't arrange bread (roti) for your kids at night," he added.

Pakistan is grappling with one of the country's worst economic crises in recent years amid dwindling foreign exchange reserves, high inflation and sharp depreciation of its currency. It is rolling out higher taxes to get the IMF bailout package.

The Karnataka CM said that the likes of China and the US have appreciated the great leadership of PM Modi.