NDA government would create investment friendly environment: BJP
NDA government aims at restructuring, rejuvenating and re-strengthening the Indian economy
Washington: ‘A BJP-led NDA government would be stronger, decisive, transparent and predictable and it would create an investment friendly environment,’ stated a senior party leader.
"Restructuring, rejuvenating and re-strengthening the Indian economy will be the top priority of the NDA government," added Tarun Vijay, BJP national spokesperson. Vijay, who was invited by the Overseas Friends of the BJP to be the chief guest at the BJP Foundation Day events in Tampa and Florida, held a series of meetings here including those with corporate sector organised by the US India Business Council and think-tanks.
In addition to meeting some US officials, he also met several lawmakers including Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera. "The US business is ready to apply for (Narendra) Modi visa. I told them that India's new government, as our manifesto has said, would be economy driven government," said Ami Bera. "Our priority would be to get more investment and more power to the manufacturing sector and more investment in the infrastructure sector.”
This will include initiatives of strengthening industrial, trade policies and small enterprises. “Barring FDI in retail, we would be very happy to invite investment in the core sectors," he told the American businesses. "We can guarantee that there will be transparency, no corruption, predictability and nothing like retrospective policies on taxation," Vijay assured them. "It will be investment friendly environment in the new government," said Vijay , adding that he got a very positive feedback from the American business communities here.
During his meeting with members of the US think-tank community, he was asked a plethora of questions on Gujarat, minority, human rights and social issues, besides economy. “Modi never applied for visa. This is their (American) problem and this is their baggage. This is not our baggage. All our idea is that both the great democracies must work strategically, but on equal terms," added Vijay.