Modi clarifies on not wearing skull cap, puppy remark

Dismissing the suggestion as "not true" that BJP was getting centred around him, Modi said: "BJP is a huge organization. It works in that structure. There is a galaxy of leaders who are equally competent.

During elections we have to set a goal and prioritize issues. Even for this there is a committee of which Modi is not a part.

"Previously we worked under Atalji's (Bihari Vajpayee) guidance. Then we worked under L.K. Advaniji, Harshvardhan in Delhi, Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh and in Rajasthan we worked under Vasundhara Raje.

"So responsibilities are distributed according to the party's goal. Right now I have been given this role and I have to do what the party has asked me to do. I am a worker of the party. We are a team."

He described as an "achievement" Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's observation that he can even sell combs to bald people. "I used to sell tea.