Kochi: The Congress has sought an explanation from MP KV Thomas for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in a public speech.

KV Thomas made the speech during the concluding function of the National Management Meet.

However, KV Thomas has taken the stand that his words have been misunderstood and he had not praised Modi.

The Congress sought explanation from KV Thomas following his statement in the speech that Modi is an excellent administrator.

KV Thomas says that he has not made the statement and people misunderstood when he spoke about Modi's management ability.

KV Thomas says that he has explained the matter to KPCC president MM Hassan and Ramesh Chennithala.

In his speech, KV Thomas said that Modi is an administrator who has the ability to clearly convince others about his decisions and actions.

KV Thomas said that he had directly understood this and he is more comfortable in communicating with Modi than with Congress leaders.

KV Thomas also mentioned about the way in which Modi faced the responses in the aftermath of the implementation of demonetisation and GST.

He also said that Modi uses his unique management ability to handle all issues.