'Spent Childhood Selling Tea From Assam,' Says PM Modi At Election Rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today joined the BJP's campaigning trail in Assam with five election rallies in just few hours. He addressed a rally in Tinsukia first. The state will go to the polls in two phases on April 4 and 11 and the counting will be done on May 19.   

Here are the highlights

• Sarbananda Sonowal is one of the best ministers in my Cabinet. It will be a personal loss to me because he is going to be the next CM of Assam.
• There is only one 'ananda' in Assam i.e. Sarbananda.
• The Assam Chief Minister is very old. He says his fight is with Modi. I have a respect for him. My fight is not with (Tarun) Gogoi but poverty.
• I have no fight with anyone. I seek blessings from Assam.
• When we got the independence, Assam was in the list of top 5 developed states. Now, it is in the list of worst performing states. Who was responsible for this?
• Please give me 5 years. Give Sarbananda Sonowal 5 years.
• BJP and our allies will make Assam prosperous.
• Assam is close to my heart as it your tea only that I sold during my childhood
• People of Assam are very hardworking. You have huge water resources but still the people are thirsty.
• Electricity is very important. Even after the 60 years of our independence, not even a single electricity pole reached a few places. Around 2,000 villages in Assam were without electricity.
• We have sent funds for Assam's development. But everything is lying in the bank account.
• I have 3 agenda for Assam - development, quick paced development and all-round development.