Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), June 11 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 11-year tenure as a "golden era" of governance, marked by record development, comprehensive welfare reforms, and India's emergence on the global stage.

Addressing the media in Tirupati on Wednesday, Bandi Sanjay contrasted the NDA government's performance with what he described as the corruption-ridden and appeasement-driven rule of the previous UPA regime. He urged people to evaluate the transformation by comparing the Modi-led administration's achievements with the UPA's track record.

He pointed out that India's GDP had doubled from USD 2 trillion in 2014 to USD 4 trillion under Modi's leadership, eleva...