K'taka guarantees effect? Now Modi pitches for a guarantee

NT Bureau, Agencies

New Delhi: The Karnataka Congress's guarantees appear to have had a significant impact on Prime Minister Modi's thinking, as he now guarantees that India will be among the top three economies in the world.

"India will figure among the top three economies of the world. That is Modi's guarantee," he said. "I would also assure countrymen that in our third term after 2024, the country's development journey will move forward at a faster pace."

"At the beginning of our first term, India was the world's 10th-largest economy. In the second term, today India is the fifth largest economy in the world. I assure the country that in the third term, India's name will be among the first three economies of the world," he said.

India has been talked about as the bright spot amid a gloomy world economy. The country, he said, is witnessing the result of his government's work.

"India's development journey is not going to stop."

On a day when the opposition Congress submitted a motion of no-confidence in his government in the Lok Sabha, the PM reeled out statistics to showcase the developmental agenda of his government and exuded confidence on eradicating poverty as well as making India a developed nation in the next 25 years.

He slammed naysayers for opposing developmental projects, saying some people have a habit of trying to stall any good work.