The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) strengthened the foundation of a "new politics" in south India with its performance in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday. Addressing the NDA parliamentary party meet here, he hailed BJP candidate Suresh Gopi's victory from Thrissur Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, saying for the first time, a representative of his party could make it to Parliament from the state. Modi also acknowledged the NDA's electoral performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu and said though the alliance, which included the BJP, could not win any seat in the state, the rise in its vote share there sent out a "clear message" for the future. "In this election, the NDA has strengthened the foundation of a new politics in south India," Modi said in his address. Taking on the Congress, he said, "They had recently formed their government in Karnataka and Telangana. But the people's faith (in the Congress) instantly shattered. They ca