British Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday said that he congratulated Narendra Modi for winning more votes than any other politician in the universe during his phone call after the “extraordinary” Indian election.
“I won’t forget my conversation with Prime Minister Modi congratulating him on his victory. I picked up the phone and said, ‘It’s great to be talking to someone who just got more votes than any other politician anywhere in the universe’,” he said.
Cameron disclosed his private conversation with India’s newly-elected leader during an address to Britain’s Indian community at an annual event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India here. “Britain and India now both have bold reforming Governments that believe in free enterprise and progress,” he said. The Conservative party leader used the forum to canvass for Indian-origin votes in the UK’s upcoming general election due in May 2015.
“Elections are won in the heart rather than the head. And actually what is at stake at the next elections are not just the policies and plans but the values that lie behind them,” he said.