NEW DELHI: Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as " God's gift to India " who was " messiah for the poor " and pointed out that the PM's wax statue was being installed at Madame Tussauds museum."He inherited challenges in each and every sector. He steered clear of them," Naidu said while moving the political resolution at BJP's national executive here. He also listed the government's pro-farmer schemes like rural electrification, Mudra bank, crop insurance and more.While BJP has hailed its past and present members from time to time at party meetings, it is possibly a first that someone has been called "god's gift", that too in his presence. When home minister Rajnath Singh was asked about the reaction of BJP members to Naidu's remark, he said, "I have not heard Naiduji's speech."Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj pointed to PM's out of the box approach when he discussed the possibility of a visit to Pakistan to meet PM Nawaz Sharif on the way back to India from Afghanistan. Stating that Modi was on a "Mission to transform India", Naidu expanded Modi as "Modifier Of Developing India" and described him as a "decisive leader, nationalist politician who provides progressive governance". Naidu also said India was "recognised and respected as the most favoured destination for investment".Talking about Modi's popularity across the world, he said, "PM Modi made it to Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in 2015 and now this year to the top 30. The PM prime minister is seen as the leader of the largest democracy with over 18 million Twitter followers and 32 million Facebook likes."Naidu added, "PM Modi is working to make India a strong and wealthy country. His popularity has risen to a new level."