Itanagar, March 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that it would have taken Congress 20 years to accomplish what his government did in the last five years for the development of the northeastern states.

"Congress would have taken 20 years to do what we (BJP) have done in the last five years in the Northeast,' PM Modi said shortly in his address after inaugurating multiple development projects in the northeastern states.

Boosting the infrastructure push in the northeastern states ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the PM said, "From Independence till 2014, around 10,000 km of National Highway were constructed in the Northeast...However, in the last 10 years, more than 6,000 km of National Highway have been constructed in the N...