BJP's 4th Anniversary: Modi government launches media blitzkrieg

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi government released a media blitzkrieg with a slogan 'Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas' on the occasion of its fourth anniversary. In a small video clip, the government lists its achievements in a range of areas, including the surgical strikes undertaken by the Army across the border with Pakistan in 2016.

In video, BJP also highlights the measures it had taken for the poor - the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), scheme for providing insurance cover at a cheap rate, electrification of four crore households, and the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) under which 3.8 crore BPL families were given free LPG connections.

BJP chief Amit Shah held a press conference to release the video. Addressing reporters he said, that through the 2016 surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LoC), the government exhibited its political willingness to take on the country's adversaries.

"In a historic first, India carried out surgical strikes showing a new mettle," according to an advertisement.

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While the government lauds its achievements in last four years of staying in power, the opposition terms it a betrayal and protest against it by observing the 4th anniversary as 'betrayal day'.