<div>The Narendra Modi government has said that it will not be found wanting when it comes to heeding Moody’s “warning” on reining in party and parivar hotheads.</div><div> </div><div>Union Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said this on Monday, 2nd November, while stressing that most of the instances of communal disturbances or violence had been reported from Congress-ruled states, or states ruled by Congress-friendly parties.</div><div> </div><div>“The Centre and the Narendra Modi government cannot be blamed for this,” he said.</div><div> </div><div>Moody’s Analytics had on Friday said that PM Modi “must keep his party members in check from making controversial statements or risk losing domestic and global credibility”.</div><div> </div><div>“In recent times, the government also hasn’t helped itself, with controversial comments from various BJP members. While Modi has largely distanced himself from the nationalist gibes, the belligerent provocation of various Indian minorities has raised ethnic tensions… Along with a possible increase in violence, the government will face stiffer opposition in the Upper House as debate turns away from economic policy,” the MA report said.</div><div> </div><div>While acknowledging the MA report, Naidu at the same time referred to many laudatory references to the Modi government “from the World Bank, Ernst and Young, IMF and others”.</div><div> </div><div>“PM (Modi) is today rated among the ten most admired leaders of the world,” Naidu added.</div><div> </div>
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