MUMBAI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would be re-electedwith an even bigger majority in parliament in 2019, dismissing oppositionattempts to rouse opinion against his government for failing to deliver onpromises of swift economic development and more jobs for young people.

Modi told *the* *Times of India* in an interview published on Sunday thathis Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government is committed to improvingthe lives of all citizens regardless of faith.

Concerns have grown that his administration has been unable to rein inright-wing fringe groups that are trying to undermine India’s secularconstitution by targeting the nation’s large Muslim minority.

“We will definitely get more seats than we got the last time and I amconfident that we will break all records of the seats won by NDA (NationalDemocratic Alliance) in the past and achieve greater glory.

“The people are with us and we have nothing to fear,” Modi told thenewspaper in an email interview.

Opinion polls show he remains the front runner to win another five-yearterm, but the party has suffered reverses in some local elections in thepast few months that have energized the opposition. – Agencies