BJP president J.P. Nadda on Saturday emphasised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for the party’s rise since he took office, urging party men to ensure the Modi government scored a hat trick of victories in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, “with record-breaking numbers”.
He was delivering the inaugural address at the BJP’s national council meeting in New Delhi over the weekend, with nearly 12,000 delegates present from all over the country. Mr. Nadda’s speech, which was interspersed with delegates chanting “Modi hai toh mumkin hai” (Modi makes everything possible) and “Jai Shri Ram”, and cheers over the women’s reservation Bill, not only talked of the government’s work in terms of development and welfare, but also the growth the party has seen since Mr. Modi’s ascent on the national political stage in 2013.
Coining a new acronym, ‘GYAN’ (knowledge), which he broke down as “Gareeb” (poor), “Yuva” (youth), “Annadata” (farmer) and “Nari” (women), Mr. Nadda said that Mr. Modi had broken the “Opposition-built silos of vote bank politics” and worked for these sections regardless of caste and community.
