PM leading from front, has announced world's largest relief package: BJP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the world's largest holistic relief package and he is leading from the front in this time of the COVID-19 crisis, BJP president J P Nadda said on Tuesday. Thanking Modi for announcing a Rs 20 lakh crore economic relief package, Nadda said this is around 10 per cent of the GDP and the prime minister's proactive approach will build a self-reliant India.

"Today, our honourable prime minister has declared the world's largest holistic relief package … to address land, labour, liquidity & laws," Nadda said, adding that this package will support every section of society The BJP chief said the 21st century will be defined by India and in the times of COVID-19, Modi is leading the country from the front. Today, he laid the foundation stone for implementing this, Nadda said. Underlining that self-reliant India is the "mantra" for driving the country towards this new change, Nadda said self-reliance is the panacea to fight COVID-19.

Applauding Prime Minister Modi for announcing the relief package, Home Minister Amit Shah said the Modi government takes decisions in the interest of the country and this Rs 20 lakh crore package will help the poor, farmers and middle class. Many Union Ministers and BJP leaders tweeted with the hashtag 'AatmanirbharBharat' and urged the people to take a pledge to use more and more local products.

Finance Minister Nirmala SItharaman said this shall not be just a financial package, "but a reform stimulus, a mindset overhaul, and a thrust in governance." She said a self-reliant India does not imply isolationism or becoming exclusionist. "We will build capacities, skill people and compete globally acquiring strengths. We will build the Local." Describing the prime minister's economic package as historic, BJP spokesperson Shahnawz Hussain said Modi has shown a new path for development of the country and turned despair into hope by announcing it. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Rs 20 lakh crore package announced by Prime Minister Modi "is the biggest package India has ever seen".