After weighing all of 92 kg against lotuses at the Sree Krishna Temple here on Monday, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi  said that the ruling UPA would “prefer” delaying general elections.

“The setbacks that they received in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have forced them not to go ahead with a snap poll. They know about it and would prefer delaying the polls,” said Modi, who offered prayers at the famous temple early Monday morning.

He told reporters that the Left parties in Delhi were enjoying power without responsibility and would not do anything to alter that.

One of the temple official R Narayanan said Modi first offered a small silver lamp. He was also weighed against lotus flowers and plantains.

“He offered two separate tulabarams using lotus flowers and kathalipazham (a high quality plantain) and everything was over by 5.15 a m,” Narayanan said.