New Delhi: Narendra Modi’s 11 years in office is a transformative period that will be written in golden letters, said BJP national president JP Nadda.

Speaking to the media persons on Monday in New Delhi he said that Modi has changed the political culture of the country after 2014 by heralding a new era of politics for development, while the previous Congress government was marked by ‘corruption, scam and appeasement’ politics.

He highlighting the Modi government’s handling of security challenges, he said that When Uri attack was done, PM said that the sacrifice of our soldiers will not go in vain- and soon after that, surgical strikes were carried out against terrorists. The similar approach was taken against the Pahalgam terror attack. Modi has set up a zero tolerance against terrorism and declared that any act of terror would be treated as an act of war against India, he added.

The Centre had never withheld funds based on political differences. “The Modi Government has always worked in the spirit of cooperative federalism, he said.

Over the past 11 years, Modi Government reduced poverty by 80% in India and had worked for all sections of society, including SCs, STs and OBC, he said. He cited Article 370 repeal, abolition of triple talaq, Waqf amendment bill, demonetisation, women quota bill among bold decisions of the BJP government.

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, LS MP Anil Baluni, Arun Singh and others were also present at the press conference.