New Delhi: On Friday, Aam Admi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said, as prime minister, Manmohan Singh was "thousand times" better than him. Calling him a "good man", Kejriwal said it was Singh who shielded India from the global economic recession in 2008 by taking a series of timely measures.

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"Manmohan Singh is a good man. He was a thousand times better than Modi. He is an educated man, an economist of repute. He understands the economy," he told PTI in an interview.

"In fact in late 2008, when there was global economic depression, India was perhaps the only country which was not impacted by it as Singh took a series of measures and saved the country," he added.

About Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kejriwal said his return to power would be "bad" for India. Cm Kejriwal alleged that PM Narendra Modi had "totally failed" in delivering anything in any of the key sectors and that is why he has been resorting to "fake nationalism". "Modi-ji's nationalism is fake. It dangerous for the country," he said.

"He is using the armed forces to get votes as he does not have any work to show," he alleged. Kejriwal alleged Modi has been "influencing" people's mind through the media, large section of which, he said, the prime minister has captured by "inflicting fear", or by greed.

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