Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting Bihar BJP leaders at a rally in Madhubani district
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Madhubani district of Bihar to canvass support for NDA candidates who are in the fray in the fifth and final phase of Bihar Assembly election scheduled for November 5.
Here are the highlights:
- PM Modi greets people in Maithali
- Some women from Karpuri village sent me a memorandum. Nobody is ready to listen to these people in the Bihar government, they had to come to me
- Look at the state of Bihar, there is no one to listen to the poor in the state
- I want to assure you that BJP led NDA will form the government on November 8 and will listen and try to solve all your problems
- The women who have expressed their anguish in the memorandum have not been given education, they cannot sign and have had to put their thumb impression
- The state where the voice of Nalanda boomed across the world, women born after independence still cannot write
- Madam Sonia Ji you ruled for 35 years, Lalu Ji Nitish Ji you ruled for 25 years, this is proof of your negligence
- You all have come here in this heat, I want to assure you that your dedication will not go waste
- Your condition and the state's poor condition cannot be changed without changing the government.
- Your love for me is even more than the last time I came in 2014
- I had done many rallies in 2014 but never saw more than 50 women
- This time I have seen my mothers and sisters in thousands and that shows which way the wind is blowing
- Bihar needs two engines to come out of the hole of backwardness - one from Patna and one from Delhi
- You have given one engine in Delhi, give us one in Patna to bring the state out of its poor condition
- People of Bihar turn whichever place they go into Nandan Van
- Look at Mauritius, people of Bihar have turned it into such a beautiful place
- Jharkhand has a BJP government and the state has moved into the top 10 states of the country
- But the leaders in Bihar are not worried about the state. They have become a liability on the state
- B- Brilliant
I- Innovative
H-Hardworking
A-Action Oriented
R-Resourceful - Once when I was not PM, I was on a plane and a person sitting next to me asked why I don't wear a ring, amulet etc
- I told him I don't believe in Jantar Mantar, I believe in (Loktantra) democracy
- Nitish Babu (Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also tired and defeated that it why he is going to Babas. They are making fun of democracy
- If you don't have electricity at home, will it come by doing Jantar Mantar
- Water, employment, no teacher, education - will all this come through Jantar Mantar
- There was Jungle Raj in Bihar earlier, women couldn't step out in their jewellery. There were kidnappings in broad daylight
- Jungle Raj has got a new twin brother- Jantar Mantar. Don't let them come together or there will be nothing but destruction
- Madhubani was Vajpayee ji's (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) favourite district
- This is Mandan Mishra's (Sanskrit Scholar) land who had debated the Shankaracharya
- You have Jharkhand, once a part of you and it has moved far ahead in development.
- World Bank in its survey showed Jharkhand as fourth best state to invest in the country
- Leaders of Bihar are responsible for the poor condition of the state
- Development has started on 16 Ganga ghats. Four ghats will be ready before Chhath Puja
- I can never forget Kosi, The arrogance of some people stopped me from helping the people of Kosi
- 80 per cent of makhana (lotus seed) in the country is produced here. When people fast, they break it with the makhana produced from here
- The fourth phase of polling is on a record breaking spree for high turnout
- NDA will form the government with a two-thirds majority