India, Sept. 30 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre has ushered in a "new model of good governance" that allows each household to save nearly Rs.20,000 in taxes on an annual expenditure of Rs.1 lakh compared to the period before 2014.

Speaking at the inauguration of the Delhi BJP's new headquarters at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, the Prime Minister also hit out at Opposition criticism of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, dismissing it as the "lies of bayanbaaz (those big on rhetoric)." He called on party workers to ensure that benefits of tax reforms reach ordinary families and urged them to promote swadeshi products.

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