PM Modi calls for long jump to build new India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for taking a long jump towards building a new India by 2022. The Prime Minister, in his address to BJP national executives in Bhubaneshwar last evening, called for making India a happy and prosperous nation and a leading country in the world by 2022 for which he said the pace of progress needed to be quickened. 

Reaffirming his commitment to development, Mr. Modi stressed on pro-people proactive good governance, P2 G2, agenda for the BJP and its governments . During his address he rejected the EVM row as another unsustainable product of opposition parties.

Mr. Modi also insisted on socio-economic transformation dominating the national discourse in the same way as independence did Mahatma



Gandhi's talk. He said the aim of the party should not be only change of government but also transformation of society.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari briefed the media on the Prime Minister’s address and said Mr. Modi has laid down his vision for a new India, and exhorted the party to work towards that end. Mr. Modi also hailed party president Amit Shah's stewardship of the organisation and credited his strategy for BJP's win in the recent polls, especially in Uttar Pradesh.

The Prime minister said, Jan dhan, van dhan, jal dhan will be the foundation of a new India. He underlined his agenda of tapping India’s demographic dividend, launching sustainable development in forests for tribals and exploiting its water resources.