Pune: Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Friday found an ardent supporter in melody queen Lata Mangeshkar who said she would like to see him taking the top job. After Modi inaugurated a new hospital complex named after her late father Deenanath Mangeshkar at a function here, Lata, in a brief address, said "Narendrabhai is like my brother. All of us want to see him become the Prime Minister. On the auspicious occasion of Diwali, I hope our wishes would come true."

Modi, on his part, lauded the Mangeshkar family saying they had, "with their divine voices, delighted crores of people making them stress-free with music and making their minds and bodies healthy". Modi also said on this occasion that the country needed a comprehensive health policy to make health care affordable. "We do not need just health insurance but also health assurance," he said, adding the common man should find health care affordable.