Lok Sabha polls: Modi govt will bring back economic offenders, says Shah

The so-called mahagatbandhan wants a majboor sarkar, but the people of the country want a mazboot sarkar, which is possible only under the leadership of PM Modi, Shah said

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with party leaders at the BJP National Executive meet in New Delhi on Friday. On the occasion, the party unveiled its 2019 poll slogan of abki baar phir Modi sarkar (Photo: Dalip Kumar)

Archis Mohan New Delhi

Last Updated : Jan 12 2019 | 1:36 AM IST

Terming the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as a battle of ideologies, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday beseeched party workers with “folded hands” to help Narendra Modi win a second term as prime minister and pave the way for constructing a “new India” by 2022.

Shah drew a parallel between the coming general election and the third battle of Panipat between the armies of the Maratha empire and Afghan king Ahmed Shah Abdali. He said the Maratha loss in that battle led to 200 years of foreign rule in India. The result of the 2019 battle, he