Bhubaneswar:
BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today criticised the Third Front, accusing it of coming to the rescue of Congress.
Here are the highlights of his speech in Bhubaneswar: - I am amazed that people from the Chief Minister's district have to go to Gujarat to seek work
- When others hold rally, they have a problem of gathering people. When the BJP has a rally, we have a problem of fitting people in
- There is a saffron sea (of people) here today
- The people who keep advocating the Third Front, I advise those leaders to take a helicopter and come here today. They'll know the winds in Odisha have changed
- I have been running Gujarat for 14 years and so has your Chief Minister.
- In 14 years we have developed Gujarat so much that people from Odisha come to Gujarat to seek employment
- Why is the craftsman from Odisha who is skilled in weaving silk forced to work in Surat?
- An uttam Odisha will be the best tribute to Biju-babu
- We have to make Odisha a state that people who have left want to come back to.
- Seeing Odisha's state, Biju-babu would be most upset... wherever he may be.
- Shouldn't we make a Odisha that is a tribute to Biju-babu?
- I have come with intent and not promises
- Western India has developed faster because many states there have BJP governments - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat
- And look at the East - those who speak of the Third Front are in power here
- Who are these people of the third front? 11 parties get together in Delhi for photo opportunities
- 9 of these 11 parties support the Congress and close to the elections put on the Third Front mask
- The Third Front is always on a Congress-bachao mission
- 2014 elections are polls for the political purification of India
- What has the Congress given the country? One family has ruled for most of the 60 years
- Leaders who come from Delhi never speak on inflation or corruption
- Today on the death anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhay, I pledge to work towards the India of his dreams
- Compare your situation to neighbouring Chhattisgarh. They have Maoists there too
- BJP works for development and in the past 10 years under Dr Raman Singh, they have made rapid strides
- If Chhattisgarh can change, why can't Odisha? The reason is lack of leadership
- The country needs strong leadership, Odisha needs strong leadership
- In India, we have seen the Congress's model, the Left's model, BJP's model - I invite the political experts and pundits to study these models and compare them
- I am confident that only the BJP's model will come out on top - it is the most suited to development
- If BJP forms the government and I become the PM, if there is no BJP MP from Odisha, how will I work for you?
- There should be a straight 'pipeline' from Odisha to Delhi - that means you'll have to send us 21 MPs to Delhi
- It is a question of just 100 days. After that the government in Delhi will change
- Whether I get support from other states or not, I want MPs from Odisha because I want to work for the state
- You also have the Assembly elections with the Lok Sabha elections
- Stand with me and I will dedicate my life to you. You have given others 60 years, I want just 60 months
- What they haven't achieved in 60 years, I'll achieve in 60 days
- I'll return your love with interest - by working for the state. When elections come, we'll win them, but you have won me over today