National 'Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Tuesday asserted that India was no longer a “soft state” after five years of the Modi Government and criticised Opposition’s attempt to “question” integrity of the Election Commission (EC).
All the NDA allies, barring three, who attended a dinner here with Prime Minister in attendance passed a resolution which expressed concern over alleged “Opposition attack” on institutions including EC.
The resolution condemned poll Violence in West Bengal and Kerala. NDA allies expressed full faith in Modi who in turn said NDA today"represents hopes and aspirations" of India and has turned into an organic entity .
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who spoke to media along with RLSP leader and union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Prime Minister said NDA played an important role in fulfilling regional aspirations and it was a "strong pillar" of regional hopes. Modi expressed concern over "unnecessary questions" being raised over the " integrity" of EC.
"Our elections could be a global brand but opposition was creating hurdles...", he said.
Prime Minister said some narratives like those of caste and casteism need to change and "we need to come out of it". While saying so, he said the main focus need to be eradication of poverty.
Rajnath said India has emerged strong globally and is no more a soft state.
Paswan said NDA will win more seats than projected by the Exit polls on Sunday. He said people have voted for Modi. He said on certain occasion PM turned emotional. Paswan said EVM issue was a bogus one.
Among others SAD leader Prakash Singh Badal, JDU leader Nitish Kumar and SHiV Sena Chief Udhav Thackeray attended the meet.