Introducing the new slogan "Modi hai to mumkin hai" (With Modi, it is possible), Arun Jaitley on Thursday re-introduced the prime minister, calling him a quick learner, adapting easily to foreign policy, economic and strategic issues as he prepared to plunge into the next round of polls.
Jaitley, the in-charge of the publicity division of the BJP, put out a list of "landmark" decisions of the Modi-led government in a Facebook blog, on the basis of which, he said, India remained the globe's fastest growing economy and its "sweet spot".
He did not speak about the job scenario in the country, for which his government is under attack.
According to insiders, 'Modi hai to mumkin hai' may be the slogan for 2019, the way 'Abki baar Modi sarkar' was the slogan for 2014.
Modi's achievements ranged from implementing a smooth GST to reducing direct and indirect taxes for the citizens, to building roads,highways and rural homes, and assuring affordable hospital treatment to the poorest of the poor.
"The Prime Minister and the Government have shown to the world that it is possible in India to run an honest Government in India. For the first time in history, a 10 percent reservation for the economically weaker sections of the non-reserved categories has been given in public employment and educational institutions," he said.
India has demonstrated, both through the Surgical Strikes of 2016 and Air Strikes of 2019 that rather than merely dealing with terrorism within the country will not suffice. It is willing to adopt unconventional methods of attacking terror at the point of its origin," the finance minister said.
"The above are only an illustrative list of the kinds of strides India is making. Has any government done more? It was the same governmental machinery, the same political system, the same implementation instruments that the government had at its disposal," Jaitley said.
He said "it is both the motivation and the leadership which made the vital difference. It is precisely for this reason that India will witness an election where the people will get an opportunity to endorse Prime Minister Modi’s leadership, decisiveness, integrity and performance. Indeed he makes it possible."