London: Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya claimed on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement in a recent interview confirming the recovery of '14,000 crore worth of his assets has fully vindicated him in his assertion of being a "poster boy" for the BJP-led government.

In his characteristic style of issuing statements through social media, the 62-year-old asserted that by Modi's own assertion the recovery of assets was higher than the alleged '9,000 crore for which he faces extradition to India on fraud and money laundering charges.