Agencies
NEW DELHI, MAY 12
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ays before the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government is set to complete its first year in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday exalted the progress achieved by his government since it assumed power in May 2014.
During the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, which began at 9:30 am, the PM compared the achievements of his government with the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government.The work done by our government in 10 months is better than that by the UPA government in 10 years, said Modi.
The PM also pointed out that a year old NDA government worked more than the UPA government in the department of foreign relations too.
Reiterating the government’s stance on the issue of black money, the PM said he was satisfied with stringent laws made in this regard.
Addressing the media after the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, Union Minister of State for Minorities Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the meeting discussed the work the government did in the first year of its inception.
Hailing the government for improving foreign relations, the PM said only the NDA government is capable of developing good ties with Pakistan. Naqvi also said it was the NDA government which solved issues with India’s neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The PM also said that India helped Nepal and Maldives during their time of crisis, added Naqvi.
The BJP hailed the Prime Minister’s efforts towards cooperative federalism and setting in motion a strategy for inclusive development, and hoped it will succeed in fulfilling promises made to the people.
As it prepares to highlight the government’s achievements during the week-long anniversary celebrations, the BJP Parliamentary Party, in a unanimous resolution passed at its meeting chaired by Modi here, backed initiatives to ensure social security for poor and vulnerable sections of society and provide transparent and accountable governance.
“The BJP Parliamentary Party has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi for arresting the drift in governance by infusing the much desired sense of purpose and for improvising the governance architecture through cooperative federalism, for providing transparent and accountable governance and for enhancing the country’s standing and image among the international community,” the resolution said.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the party MPs that there will be week-long celebrations on completion of one year of NDA government and MPs will highlight the initiatives taken by the government in each of their constituencies,” Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said after the meeting.
The party had earlier said that Union ministers, MPs and functionaries will go to various parts of the country to tell people about the welfare measures taken for underprivileged sections and farmers as part of a week-long ‘Jan Kalyan Parv’ from May 26 to June .
Union Minister Piyush Goyal said the party was unanimous in appreciating Modi’s leadership and hoped government will succeed in fulfilling the promises made.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said while BJP was pursuing “politics of development” some sections of the political class are keen to promote the “politics of poverty”.
“For their own reasons, they want the people of our country to remain poor. We will not let this happen,” he said.
Naidu said the MPs were a part of a historic verdict and congratulated them on completion of one year of their tenure.
He said people gave a mandate for corruption-free and responsive governance that would help them meet their aspirations through rapid economic development.
