Modi hatao Opposition agenda: Amit Shah

New Delhi/Cuttack: On the fourth anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said people have put a seal of approval on its performance while party chief Amit Shah asserted that its return to power in 2019 is not a challenge but a certainty.

Shah claimed that Mr Modi has been working to remove corruption and poverty while accusing the opposition of having a single-point Modi hatao (remove Modi) agenda.

He listed details of its “successes” and heaped scorn on the likely challenge from Rahul Gandhi-led Congress, saying he may have declared himself a prime ministerial candidate but his bid has not got the support from even his party colleagues, let alone other opposition leaders.

Projecting Mr Modi as the “most popular and most hardworking Prime Minister with unending energy”, Shah said he replaced the UPA’s “policy paralysis” with a “policy-driven” government working for the poor and an improved economy.

The Prime Minister has also raised the country’s esteem in the world, he said.

Attacking the Congress, Shah said under the UPA government, scams worth '12 lakh crores made headlines while during the Modi dispensation, development works have done so. Asked about the achche din (good days) promised by the BJP-led ruling alliance when it came to power, he said the government has “done a lot to fulfil its promises in four years and one year is still left”.