New Delhi, June 23 -- Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India's increased reputation worldwide, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that prior to 2014, the country was considered a backward and undeveloped nation but now Indians who go abroad are welcomed with the "Namaskar" greeting.

Rekha Gupta while addressing a gathering in the national capital on Sunday stated that PM Modi has worked to make India "self-reliant and prosperous" and that the current period is a "golden period" as a triple-engine BJP government is working in the national capital.

"Earlier India was considered a backward and undeveloped nation. But after 2014, if we go abroad and say we are indians, the people there say 'Namaskar' to us...PM Narendra Modi has ...