NEW DELHI: BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said the air strike against terror training camps in Pakistan’s Balakot in response to the Pulwama terror attack was also a reply to those who had dismissed the cross-LoC surgical strike of September 2016 as a ‘fluke’.Speaking at the NDA parliamentary party meeting, Shah said the surgical strike and the Balakot air strikes proved that India has a leader who could target terrorists in their own backyard.“During the 90s, when terrorism raised its head and shook the country, people felt that the then governments were not serious about the safety and security of the country. For the first time under the Modi government, people have confidence that here is a leader who can hit the terrorists in their den,” he said.He said the massive mandate underlined that governments will be elected on the basis of their performance, not dynasty, caste or appeasement politics.Noting that he has worked closely with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for many years, Shah said he didn’t take a single leave in 20 years.“I’ve never seen him being lazy and he works for 18 hours a day,” added Shah.He said when Modi became the PM for the first time in 2014, ordinary citizens were filled with hope that a person from a modest background could be elected to the highest office.“With that hope, people have trusted Modi. The success of the extension of Gujarat model to the whole country was an experiment and people have blessed Modi once again. What Modi promised, he has been able to deliver, and this trust has been shown by the people in him,” he said.Shah said the 22 crore poor who have been the beneficiaries of the PM’s welfare schemes have shown their faith in him. He said he has toured the country from Kashmir to Kanyaumari and Kamakhya to Kutch, and people in all parts of the country have unanimously voted in favour of Modi. “There has been a Modi Tsunami in the country,” he said.“Without any taint, he (Modi) has been elected as the country’s PM for the second term. This has been possible because he governed the country by rising above vote-bank politics. In the last five years, he took many tough decisions, but none that did not benefit the country,” the BJP president said.