Ajeya Bharat, Atal BJP

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday blew the bugle for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as he addressed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive meeting in the national capital.

Setting the tone for the elections, Modi coined a new slogan, 'Ajeya Bharat, Atal BJP', highlighting his party's commitment to its core values and the country's progress and forward march under its rule.

He also paid rich tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee through his slogan. The new slogan means an India which is victorious and cannot be subjugated by anyone and a party which is committed to its principles, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said briefing the media about Modi's speech in the closed-door meeting.

Taking a dig at efforts by Opposition parties to stitch together a grand alliance against the BJP, Modi said, "People who do not see eye to eye are thinking of a grand alliance. It is vindication of our work." He said that no one, not even smaller parties, was ready to accept the leadership of the Congress in such an alliance.

According to Prasad, the Prime Minister said that “a comparison should be done within the work done by one family for 48 years and that done by the current government in the last 48 months”.

"The Prime Minister also said during his speech that we do not look at governance as means of power, we look at it as a medium to help people," Prasad added.

Prime Minister Modi said during his address that "though the government wants development, it wants it with a humanitarian face". He exhumed confidence that people would keep their faith in the government intact during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Describing his vision for the country, the Prime Minister said, "I want the country to be affluent, but its bedrock should be simplicity."