Sources from Panaji had stated that BJP president Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his three years in office visited fewer foreign nations than his predecessor Manmohan Singh. Meanwhile in an interaction with elected local body representatives in Panaji, the BJP chief said he was surprised as to why people think otherwise.
Furthermore Shah said a BJP worker explained the reason behind this to him and said that "A party worker told me that when Manmohan Singh used to go abroad, nobody knew". It was also stated that Shah said Singh used to read out from written speeches on his foreign tours.
Amit Shah claimed that Singh carried pages written in English and come
back after reading them. Sometimes he read in Thailand the pages meant to be
read in Malaysia and vice-versa and also stated that the world never used to
know whether the Indian PM went to China, the USA or Russia. Currently he said
when Modi goes to China, America, Russia, France, Japan, Sri Lanka thousands of
people gather at airport to receive him and the entire world watches him.
