Indian PM describes ruling BJP's state election win as foundation of new India
2017-03-13 09:00:54 source:Xinhua News Agency
March 13, 2017
"A day after India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the assembly polls in the politically important northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday described the win as "foundation of a new India" and an opportunity to serve people.
'I see this victory as the foundation of a new India where 65 per cent of population will be of young people below 35 years of age. A new India of unprecedently vigilant women. A new India where the poor do not want anything by way of charity, but seek opportunity to chart out their own course. I see this change happening,' Modi said in his victory speech in the BJP headquarters in Delhi."
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