Modi's 'Congress growth rate' jibe as PM marks 13th year in office: 'Nation’s destiny changed in 2014'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the NDA leaders' meeting in Delhi, criticizing the Congress party for India's slow economic growth from the 1950s to the 1980s. He said the country's growth picked up pace when the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government came into power. Modi alleged that Congress dragged the country into multi-crore-rupee scams and blamed the Hindu population for the slow growth, which he called the "Congress growth rate". The nation's destiny changed in 2014, according to Modi, when the NDA government was formed.