New Delhi, April 7 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become "India's preferred party", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, which marked the 44th foundation of the ruling party, and exuded confidence of retaining power at the Centre for the third straight term in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

"Today, on the Sthapana Diwas of @BJP4India, I extend my greetings to all fellow Party Karyakartas from across the length and breadth of India. I also recall with great reverence the hard work, struggles and sacrifices of all those great women and men who built our Party over the years. I can say with great confidence that we are India's preferred party, which has always served with the motto of 'Nation First'," Modi wrote in a pos...