Rajnath captain of team that won LS polls, Amit Shah man of the match: Modi at BJP meet
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi addressed the National Council meet of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday in New Delhi. Amit Shah was ratified as the BJP president during the crucial meet.
Seeking replacing of the "ideology" of Congress, Shah asked cadres to work for expanding the party's reach with focus on states like UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir where assembly polls are due in near future.
Addressing the BJP National Council on Saturday, he underlined that the party would not be in government for long unless its reach is expanded and exhorted all the ministers in Narendra Modi government to work for implementation of the party manifesto.
Shah, who is credited with getting BJP-led alliance 73 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections, said, "for long Congress 'vichar' (ideology) has been pre-dominant in the country's politics. Now it is time to ensure that our 'vichar' (ideology) has an imprint on nation's politics".
He said the government would have to run efficiently to play a long innings and along with it, the party has its role of reaching to more and more people and states to carry the message of good governance.
Shah, a close confidante of Modi, slammed the former UPA government, saying it had left the country in bad condition as it had "failed on all fronts".
Here are the highlights of PM Narendra Modi's speech:
- I extend my greetings to the country on the occasion of Rakhi
- To win Lok Sabha polls was a team effort, Rajnathji was the captain of the team & Amit Shah was the man of the match
- Am sure Amit Shah will carry out the responsibilities given to him by the party
- Poll pundits had tough time in LS polls. Began with perception no1 knws Modiji outside Gujarat. To accept fast changing perception was difficult
- People were in a mood to support us. People have done their work, time for us to do ours
- fter working for 60 days in the Govt, for the country, I assure you that we are working in the right direction
- With the right direction and with clear intentions we can achieve anything
- Since the time we have formed Govt with majority, the world's perception towards us has changed
- We can serve nation in this manner and for the whole year make it an issue that nation is made aware of
- Every year the party can be dedicated towards one social issue, for eg. can declare next year as energy saving year
- Even after suffering from such a disgraceful loss (LS polls) ,they still aren't ready to give up vote bank politics
- Should we worry about making food reach the poor or should we worry about other issues
- I know that people tried to create a lot of ruckus on the WTO issue
Live: Narendra Modi's speech at BJP's National Council meet
