<p>As he arrived in Maharashtra on a two-day whirlwind tour for launching preparations for the 2024 general and state elections, BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi saying that development work stopped under the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation. </p>.<p>“When the MVA was in power in the state, development works stopped in the state,” Nadda said in Mumbai as he attended a series of events on the eve of the crucial meeting of the revamped state executive in Pune. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shiv-sena-ubt-accuses-bjp-of-trying-to-set-up-laboratory-of-riots-in-maharashtra-1219505.html" target="_blank">Shiv Sena (UBT) accuses BJP of trying to set up 'laboratory of riots' in Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>Nadda, a former Union Minister, said that people want a double-engine government. “The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government is working for the welfare of people under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said. </p>.<p>Nadda also hailed how Modi was steering the country. “Despite global headwinds, India's inflation rate is under control and the GDP growth rate has been very impressive,” he said. </p>.<p>“Having a good leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi helps,” Nadda said. </p>.<p>“Under Modi's leadership, India has emerged as the 5th largest economy in the world overtaking even the UK which had ruled us for around two centuries,” Modi said.</p>.<p>Speaking about the post-Covid economic scenario, he said: "Countries like the United States, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis because those countries spent on freebies during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the country came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package aimed at spending on agriculture, infrastructure and other similar sectors," he said.</p>
<p>As he arrived in Maharashtra on a two-day whirlwind tour for launching preparations for the 2024 general and state elections, BJP national president J P Nadda on Wednesday lashed out at the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi saying that development work stopped under the Uddhav Thackeray-led dispensation. </p>.<p>“When the MVA was in power in the state, development works stopped in the state,” Nadda said in Mumbai as he attended a series of events on the eve of the crucial meeting of the revamped state executive in Pune. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/shiv-sena-ubt-accuses-bjp-of-trying-to-set-up-laboratory-of-riots-in-maharashtra-1219505.html" target="_blank">Shiv Sena (UBT) accuses BJP of trying to set up 'laboratory of riots' in Maharashtra</a></strong></p>.<p>Nadda, a former Union Minister, said that people want a double-engine government. “The Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government is working for the welfare of people under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said. </p>.<p>Nadda also hailed how Modi was steering the country. “Despite global headwinds, India's inflation rate is under control and the GDP growth rate has been very impressive,” he said. </p>.<p>“Having a good leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi helps,” Nadda said. </p>.<p>“Under Modi's leadership, India has emerged as the 5th largest economy in the world overtaking even the UK which had ruled us for around two centuries,” Modi said.</p>.<p>Speaking about the post-Covid economic scenario, he said: "Countries like the United States, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis because those countries spent on freebies during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the country came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package aimed at spending on agriculture, infrastructure and other similar sectors," he said.</p>