

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) is a rainbow of regional aspirations. "In NDA, no party is big or small. We all are walking together towards the same goal. For the NDA, it is the nation first, the security of the nation first, progress first, and the empowerment of people first. There is no factor of compulsion among NDA allies, and it is a coalition where the parties work together for the nation," the Prime Minister said at the NDA meeting held in New Delhi to offset the Bangalore meeting of the Opposition parties.
The Prime Minister said, "There should be competition in politics, but leaders should not behave like enemies. Today, the only identity of the Opposition is to abuse the NDA. In the last nine years, with the NDA in power, a strong foundation has been laid, and now we have built a new, strong, Atmanirbhar Bharat on this foundation."
The Prime Minister said that ‘the NDA's vote share improved during the two previous elections, and in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the NDA’s vote share will cross 50 percent’. " In the last nine years, the NGA Government has stopped all forms of corruption and leakage in government schemes. We have transferred 30 lakh crores through direct benefit transfer into the bank accounts of the poor and saved around Rs 3 lakh crore, which earlier used to go into corruption," he said, adding, "The academicians and researchers should study the scope of work conducted by the NDA Government, and I am sure that it will turn out to be a model for the country."
He further said, Even when we were in the Opposition, we always did positive politics. We brought out the scams of then governments but never insulted the mandate of people."
Modi said that it is very surprising that major leaders of the world, the likes of the US, Japan, and the UK, are inviting NDA leaders despite the general election being very close in India. It is because they know that the NDA coalition has a great chance of coming back to power, he said. (Agencies)
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