FILE photo: BJP President Amit Shah
The Narendra Modi government has restored people's faith in the prime minister's office and given relief to the country from a "crisis of confidence" that existed during UPA's rule due to "extra-constitutional" powers, BJP chief Amit Shah said today.
"During UPA government, there were extra-constitutional powers existing in the country. Now the BJP-led government has reinstated the faith in the office of the Prime Minister," Mr Shah told reporters during his day-long visit to Goa.
"During UPA rule, the Cabinet, bureaucracy and the people had no faith in the then Prime Minister. Now everyone has faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP-led government has given relief to the country from this crisis of confidence," he asserted.
Mr Shah was echoing remarks made by PM Modi yesterday in an interview to PTI where he suggested that Congress President Sonia Gandhi had been an "unconstitutional" authority exercising "real" power over the Prime Minister's Office during the UPA rule whereas power was now wielded only by constitutional means.
The BJP chief alleged that the UPA, in its 10-year rule, was involved in scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore.
During the one year of the Modi-led government, the opposition has not been able to point out a single instance of corruption, he said.
"We had assured to give corruption-free government which we have delivered. We have completely curbed corruption at higher level," the BJP president said.
"BJP had assured that once we came to power, we would expose the black money stashed abroad. The UPA government never spoke about the black money issue, but the Modi Cabinet, during its first meeting itself, constituted a Special Investigation Team, and began investigation," he said.
Stressing that the NDA government has initiated policies for inclusive development, Mr Shah said, "The government is now taking the states into confidence before finalising the financial plans. This will result in better development across the country."
"The Modi government has managed to get the country's economy back on track," he said.