New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that national interest is of paramount importance in the functioning of the government.
Addressing BJP party workers on the 42nd foundation day, Mr Modi said, the country has policy, intent and decisiveness. He said, today the government not only sets goals but also achieves them. He said, the country has recently achieved the highest-ever goods exports of 400 billion US dollars.
Prime Minister said, BJP’s double engine government came to power once again in four states. He said, after three decades a party has touched the mark of 100 members in Rajya Sabha.
Earlier, BJP national president J P Nadda hoisted the party flag at party headquarters in Delhi. He also paid tributes to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. Mr Nadda inaugurated a Blood Donation Camp at the party headquarters. On the occasion, he thanked party workers for their contributions. He participated in the party’s Shobha Yatra in the national capital on the occasion of the party’s foundation day.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Nadda said, BJP has become such a huge party that its workers are celebrating the foundation day by gathering at 15 thousand mandals across the country. He said the BJP has formed the government twice with full majority at the center under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said, BJP is the only party to cross 100 mark in Rajya Sabha after 1988. Mr. Nadda also said, the party has its government in 12 states while it is running a coalition government in 18 states. Mr. Nadda said, family-based parties are a threat to democracy and only the BJP, which is an ideology-based party, can counter them.
Home Minister Amit Shah has said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP is marching ahead with the welfare of the people and the progress of the nation. In a series of tweets, Mr Shah said, the party has worked for the fulfillment of the aspirations of the poor, farmers, downtrodden and women who faced deprivation for seven decades.
Meanwhile, Mumbai BJP today organized a special program to celebrate the foundation day of the party in Mumbai. Speaking on the occasion senior leader Devendra Fadnavis said, BJP was formed on the issue of nationalism. He said that, due to the struggle of the senior BJP leaders, BJP is scaling new heights.
A Shobha Yatra was held in which BJP leaders participated and Atma Nirbhar tea stalls were distributed to people.
