Industrialist Sajjan Jindal has opined that Prime Minister Narendra Modi deserves a second term as it would allow the government to pursue some unfinished tasks, such as disinvestments, reported The Times of India.

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The billionaire industrialist told The Times of India in an interview that another term will enable Modi to achieve things that he failed to achieve in his first term.

“Until a year ago, it was looking like Narendra Modi will come back (to power). But, after the recent elections in some states, it looks difficult. My personal view is we ought to give one more term to Narendra Modi. A 10-year term will help him do a lot more things which he couldn’t achieve in the first term,” Jindal was quoted as saying in the report.

In the second term, Jindal believes a Modi-led government could look at disinvestments. “I don’t know if there is any country in the world that has got such a big public sector play other than China. Modi is one person who believes that the government has no no business to be in business. I have nothing against the public sector, but it lacks accountability," Jindal told the newspaper.

According to Jindal, "A ‘khichdi sarkar’ (coalition government) would be a disaster for the country."

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