New Delhi: Several corporate honchos, including Adi Godrej and Sunil Mittal cheered as trends pointed towards the BJP and allies returning to power with a thumping majority, saying it was the time for deep reforms entwined with India’s ambition to emerge as a global superpower.
“The government will now re-ignite its reforms agenda to push growth, tackle critical issues like creating more jobs, usher in more tax-friendly laws, strengthen India’s position in global trade while protecting domestic industry from dumping and create more conducive environment to attract FDI in critical segments like mining and Oil & Gas,” Vedanta Resources Chairman Anil Agarwal said.
Bharti Enterprises Founder & Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said the solid verdict would further strengthen his (PM Modi’s) resolve to drive forward the economic agenda to ensure that the fruits of the economic momentum continue to reach the poor, so visible during the last five years.
Mahindra & Mahindra MD Pawan Goenka hoped that with the results in, Budget will come out very quickly, adding there is a need “to bring back government spending in a big way” as it had slowed down from the fourth quarter of the last financial year.