BHOPAL: The BJP will take 25 years to deliver "achhe din" which was promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the 2014 elections. “Achhe din aane mein 25 saal lagenge (It will take 25 years to bring achhe din),” BJP president Amit Shah said on Monday.

Shah said that in broader perspective, "achhe din" meant restoring the pride that India enjoyed globally before the British raj. “Desh ko duniya ke sarvochch sthan par baithana hai to paanch saal ki sarkaar kuchh nahi kar sakti (Five-year rule (by BJP) cannot make India the top world power),” Shah said.

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He elaborated that in its first five-year rule, the BJP government could reduce inflation, ensure secure borders, make a strong foreign policy, achieve economic development, provide jobs and remove poverty. “But the BJP needs to win elections at every level, from panchayat to the Lok Sabha, for 25 years to take India to the No. 1 position in the world,” he added.

Earlier, inaugurating the BJP’s “Maha Jansampark Abhiyan” (mega mass contact campaign) in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the BJP chief hoped that the two states would fulfilling their targets for mass door-to-door campaign.

BJP clarifies Amit Shah 'acche din' statement

BJP chief Amit Shah said in Bhopal on Monday that Modi government was on its way to fulfill all the promises made by the BJP during the campaign for 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Party's spokesman, Shrikant Sharma, said that Shah who was addressing a 'Mahasampark' convention, referred to BJP' Lok Sabha campaign based the theme of ' acche din' to say that Modi govt was working hard and will succeed in fulfilling the campaign promises. 'In its five-year term we will reduce inflation, ensure secure borders, make a strong foreign policy , achieve economic development, provide jobs and remove poverty', Shah told his BJP colleagues.

According to Sharma, Shah also said that BJP's concept of ' acche din' was far broader than fixing the ' bijli, pani & sadak issues '. To achieve the goal of ' acche din,' we have to restore the glory that India enjoyed before the British occupation. India has the potential to become vishwa guru ( global leader) and we can realize it if we take it up as a mission and work for 25 years.'

Sharma said that the headline 'It will take 25 years for acche din promised by BJP to come: Shah' for the report in the Tuesday edition of TOI based on Amit Shah's comment was inaccurate.

'Shah referred to the 25-year time-frame for the larger national goal of re-installing India as a global leader. He was very clear that the Modi government was working hard to fulfill governance-related promises such as inflation control, national security, infrastructure creation, economic regeneration and the material well being of people'' , Sharma said.