PM Modi's decisions are in larger interest of country: Shah

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad
Last Updated : Dec 19 2016 | 10:07 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah today hit out at opposition parties over demonetisation saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking decisions in the larger interest of the country and not to suit their whims and fancies.
On the second and last day of state BJP's 'Chintan Shibir' near here, Shah told the party leaders that running a nation is different from bringing a change to it.
"Running a country and bringing change to it are two separate things, and BJP-led Centre has chosen the way to change the nation for the benefit of it's citizens. Till now, Congress ran the country in an ordinary and corrupt manner," Shah was quoted as saying in a release issued by Gujarat BJP.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government is taking decisions in the larger interest of the country, not to suit whims and fancies of the opposition parties," said Shah.
The 'Shibir' is seen as the party's exercise to chalk out road-map for 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls.
During these two days, Shah held discussions on various issues with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, deputy CM Nitin Patel, state unit BJP president Jitubhai Vaghani and several other key leaders and ministers, it added.
In his speech, Shah called upon the cadres to engage in a massive drive to spread awareness about cashless transactions.
"PM Modi's decision on demonetisation has been well received by the citizens. To help people in learning various modes of cashless transactions, I urge all the MPs, MLAs and all the party leaders as well as workers to organise programmes across the state. For BJP, nation always comes first," the BJP chief added.
Vaghani exuded confidence that his party will once again come to power in 2017 in Gujarat.
"Our government under CM Vijay Rupani took several pro-people steps in a very short span. BJP has been receiving support of people since last 30 years and we will win with two-third majority in 2017 too," he said.

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First Published: Dec 19 2016 | 10:07 PM IST

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