MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navanirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has said though he supports Narendra Modi as prime minister, he is opposed to projects like the Rs 2,000-crore Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel statue in Gujarat that Modi has proposed or Chhatrapati Shivaji statue in the Arabian Sea initiated by the Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra.“I am opposed to building any types of statues. We have built enough number of statues in this country and if the youth need to get inspiration, we now need to build museums or libraries. Crores are spent on statues and nobody even looks at them once they are built. In Mumbai itself we have hundreds of statues which are ignored and they just gather dust. Why should another statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji be built in the Arabian sea. According to my estimate, this project could be worth Rs 4,000 crore. I am also opposed to Gujarat government’s project to build Sardar Patel’s statue, on which they propose to spend over Rs 2,000 crore,” he said.Thackeray was speaking to a select group of editors on Saturday. Asked about why he decided to support Modi, he said, “I was the first one to say that Modi should become the PM. I said this in 2011 when I visited Gujarat and saw the work he had done. The BJP too had not thought of him becoming the PM at that time.A person who can implement such development projects in one state should be given a chance to do it on a wider scale.” “People have given the Congress too many opportunities and yet the Congress and their allies...have failed to give good governance. It’s now time for a change.Modi represents this spirit and he will deliver what is expected. If the people elect any of the candidates that I have fielded in various constituencies in the state, then they will support Modi in the Lok Sabha,” he said.