Taking offence at opposition parties' remarks questioning Narendra Modi's visit to Lucknow to celebrate Dussehra on Tuesday, BJP said he does not need their permission to visit any part of the country as he is the Prime Minister of 125 crore people of India and a Lok Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh.

"Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of 125 crore people. He is an MP from Uttar Pradesh. He does not need anybody's permission to visit anywhere. The whole country is proud of a PM who believes in work and action," BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had mocked Modi over his Dussehra visit to the Aishbagh Dussehra Mela in Lucknow, saying he would have visited Bihar had the state been facing elections like Uttar Pradesh.

BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress have accused Modi of politicising the surgical strikes for political gains.

BJP' Sharma said leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Mayawati and Akhilesh have been "unsuccessful" in their work and are frustrated with Modi's popularity.

"He is a prime minister committed to rooting out terrorism and corruption. The people of UP and country are proud of him. These opposition leaders are frustrated and suffer from Modi phobia," he added.