Seal of approval, 2019 sealed: BJP

New Delhi/Cuttack, May 26

Marking the fourth anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people have put a seal of approval on its performance, while party chief Amit Shah asserted that its return to power in 2019 is not a challenge, but a certainty.

As the top two ruling party leaders went all out to highlight the government’s achievements and mock their rivals, the Opposition launched a scathing attack against the dispensation with the Congress releasing a booklet ‘India betrayed’ and alleging that Modi and Shah were harmful for the country.

Modi addressed a rally to mark the anniversary of his government and chose Odisha, a state high on his party’s agenda for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

He said his government’s fight against corruption has sent “shivers down the spines of many who have come on one platform”, a reference to Opposition parties which have been in talks to put up a united fight against the ruling alliance. 

At the rally in Cuttack, the PM said his government is moving on the correct path and people have put their seal of approval on it as he noted that his party is in power in 20 states.

At a press conference in the national capital, Shah reeled out figures to highlight the government’s achievements.

Asked about the ‘achche din’ slogan, Shah said the government has “done a lot to fulfil its promises in four years and a year is still left”.

In a Facebook post, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is recuperating after a kidney transplant, launched a blistering attack on the Congress and “maverick and temperamental” leaders of regional parties like the TMC, DMK and BSP, and said the debate till the 2019 polls would be “Modi versus an anarchist combination”. — PTI

‘Good governance’   

The country is moving towards ‘sushasan’ (good governance) from ‘kushasan” (bad governance) and towards ‘jandhan’ (public money) from ‘kaladhan’ (black money). The Congress has always been driven by power. — Narendra Modi, Prime Minister