Nation welcomes Modi's guarantee: PM on Viksit Bharat

The Bharatiya Janata’s Party (BJP) strong showing in the recent round of assembly elections proves that people trust the government to deliver on its promises and that the gulf between the Centre and beneficiaries of welfare programmes had been bridged, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, as he outlined the impact of his administration’s initiatives across socio-economic groups.

- Shriya Ganguly

“People across the country have welcomed ‘Modi ki guarantee waali gaadi’ [Modi’s vehicle of guarantees] with great enthusiasm,” the Prime Minister said in an online address during the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra.

“These election results have made it clear that Modi’s guarantee is valid,” he said.

During his rallies across five poll-bound states in November, Modi framed his government’s election promises as “Modi’s guarantees”, as a counter to Opposition parties, especially the Congress, which also labelled their vows as guarantees.

“Crores of families in villages across the country have benefited from some scheme or the other of our government. When they get this benefit, their trust increases… And for this, the person did not need to visit any government office again and again. The mental state of begging is gone. The government identified the beneficiaries and then took steps to extend the benefits to them,” he said.