by Pankaj Yadav
NEW DELHI, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government completed its four years on Saturday.
Modi assumed oath of office of prime minister on May 26, 2014, after winning a massive mandate following a 10-year rule by the Indian National Congress (INC) party.
On the occasion, Modi stressed that development over the last four years had become a "vibrant mass movement."
Tweeting a three-minute video highlighting achievements of his government, Modi said, "With the best intent and complete integrity, we have taken futuristic and people-friendly decisions that are laying the foundations of a new India. The government is gaining confidence of people.
On Saturday, Modi is scheduled to mark the completion of four years by addressing a mammoth political rally in eastern state of Odisha.
According to the BJP sources, the party has already entered into election mode for the next general elections slated to be held early next year.
Though, speculations are making rounds in the political circles that the BJP might pre-pone the general elections to this year-end when four states - Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram go to polls.
The BJP is learnt to have started preparing its list of achievements and a new slogan focusing not just on development projects taken up by the Modi-government, but also highlighting its "clean intentions."
Pitching for a second consecutive term for the BJP, the party has developed a three-minute video highlighting various schemes and decisions taken by the present day government that impacted the lives of people.
The video also focuses on the improvement in the quality of life of people in a rural setting, putting numbers to the people who have benefited.
The BJP's new tag line is "Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas" (Clean Intentions, Right Development) and the punch line - "2019 Mein Phir Modi Sarkar" (Modi government again in 2019).
The blitzkrieg is expected to focus on comparing 48 months of Modi's government with the previous 48 years, projecting the BJP-led national coalition that has fast-tracked development projects.
The key highlights of the party's campaign are - free cooking gas connections to poor families, the country's first bullet train project, electrification of nearly 18,000 villages across the country, economic policies like demonitisation and imposition of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Political analysts in the country, however, are of the opinion that Modi government's last one year would be very crucial in deciding whether it will win a second consecutive term.
Dr. Jaswant Singh, a columnist and political commentator, said that no doubt Modi has made a mark in both in national and international politics, the last one year of his government is going to be crucial.
"All his policies, programs and schemes have been popular and ambitious too, but it is yet to be seen whether they will get him votes in the next polls. If by-elections held in different states in the recent months are an indicator, Modi government is definitely losing popularity," Yadav told Xinhua.
Meanwhile, a survey conducted by leading English daily "The Times of India" gathered that 71.9 percent of Indians say they will vote for Modi as prime minister again in the next polls, slated to be held in 2019.
The poll was conducted online between May 23 to May 25 in nine languages across nine media properties of the Times Group. As many as 844,646 respondents took part in the survey.
Rahul Gandhi, the INC president, was highly critical of the Modi government and his style of functioning. In one of his tweets, he mentioned that Modi was like a "student struggling with complex issues and he has failed in solving major issues".
He gave "F" grade to the BJP-led government in four parameters, agriculture, foreign policy, fuel prices and job creation.