New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership on the occasion of his 75th birthday, praising him for fulfilling a "constitutional promise" to the states by implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a reform that had remained pending during the Congress-led governments.

In an interview with News 18, the Union Minister said that PM Modi always puts the nation above everything else. Shah asserted that the Prime Minsiter leadership not only strengthened the "economy" but also transformed "India's global standing", "social welfare", and "national security".

Shah said, "When Narendra Modi ji became the Prime Minister, he gave a constitutional guarantee that states' revenue growth ra...