Pune: Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today (Apr 22, 2004) said the manner in which America was making "hue and cry" over the issue of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) of India was the ample proof of "India Shining".

Addressing a public meeting to campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Pradeep Rawat contesting Lok Sabha elections from Pune constituency, Advani said, "America, which never used to give importance to India now is very much concerned about their jobs going to India."

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This itself indicated that India is a force to reckon with and this has happened during the tenure of BJP Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, he said.

Outlining achievements of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government, Advani said, "India's stature in the international sphere has gone up, the country has become a nuclear power with no effect on Indian economy of US sanctions and also better Indo-Pak relations."

He said it is to the credit of the statesmanship of Vajpayee that the relations between both India and Pakistan has improved and added that if BJP comes to power, the relations will further improve.

Mentioning the important steps taken by NDA Government, he said the ambitious interlinking of river projects, road linking projects will all help in making this country better and better.

He appealed to the people to vote for BJP on the issue of good governance, development and able leadership.