Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 21 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on GST reforms, crediting his decade-long leadership for transforming India into one of the world's fastest-growing economies.

Speaking to ANI, Chandrasekhar said, "When people today look back at the last 10 years and see how far India has come, we are sitting in a place where India is the fourth largest economy in the world. We are the fastest-growing major economy. Youngsters have created lakhs of startups, and we are creating opportunities for those who never had them for 75 years," Chandrasekhar said.

BJP leader highlighted that the government is now in a position to spend record amounts on...