BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that cross-border surgical strikes and demonetisation have changed the perception of the country about the party and that of other countries about India.
“After the cowardly attacks in Uri, the country was expectantly looking at the BJP government at the Centre in the hope of some tough steps. During the 2014 Lok Sabha campaign, we had made the commitment that security of the borders and the soldiers will be our top priority. This time it was not a Congress government but the Narendra Modi government of the BJP. Because of the leadership and will power of the Prime Minister, for the first time in independent India, we gave a fitting reply by entering the enemy’s own home… this one decision changed the way the world looks at India.” Shah said in his inaugural address at the NDMC convention centre in New Delhi.
Attacking the Opposition for negative politics, he said “Opposition has been exposed and does not know what to do as the poor, who for historical reasons shown preference for a few parties, are now backing Modi and BJP and the pro-poor plank has been snatched from the hands of these parties.”
Referring to demonetisation as a historic decision, Shah said “people voted for us not merely to run the country but to turn it around and change the poor’s fate. They wanted us to start welfare schemes for the poor and do more for them.”
He further said the higher taxes obtained from more transparent transactions would help the government provide clean water to the poor, 24-hour power supply and help make the Indian Army the strongest and the best equipped.
