Narendra Modi addresses rally in Muzaffarpur: Highlights

Muzaffarpur: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is addressed a rally at Muzaffarpur in Bihar today. The party's newest ally Ram Vilas Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party is also present.

Here are the highlights:

Ram Vilas Paswan speaks:

• My son is also present here. He won't speak, he's here to seek your blessings.
• There's huge turnout here at the rally. I thank all of you.
• I see this huge turnout as commitment to ensure Narendra Modi and the BJP wins in national elections
• There are two Indias: those who make shoes don't have any for themselves; many people sleep hungry
• We are here to wipe your tears. Mr Modi, who himself is born in a poor family, understands your emotions.
• Forget caste-based politics, chose those who do development based politics
• Chirag and you are the next generation
• Ram Vilas Paswan was a good man till he was with them (NDA). As soon I broke away, I became a bad man.
• Events happen, riots happened in Gujarat 12 years ago, nothing since then. But here in Bihar they happen every year.

Narendra Modi speaks:

• I came to Patna on Oct 27 and the way Bihar welcomed me, I consider this my honour
• But multiple blasts rocked the city leaving many injured
• But these injuries were just on Bihar, it was on the whole country
• These injuries were an assault on the unity of the country
• The people of Bihar are determined. Even after such a big incident, the people of the state demonstrated unity, peace and brotherhood.
  
• Without peace and unity, India can't progress
• I don't care if lives of BJP leaders are threatened
• People may be opposed to BJP or Modi but why were innocent people targetted?
• Those who died were my brothers and sisters from Bihar but those indulging in vote-bank politics can't understand this
  
• Wishes George Fernandes well: 'I pray he regains his health soon'
• They are busy trying to find a solution to Modi. This mindset can't benefit the country.
• The NDA is expanding, I welcome Ram Vilas Paswan and Chirag Paswan into our family
• And with our growth, the worries of others is also growing
• They are astounded that the BJP which they had dubbed as the 'bania-brahman' party ha a backward caste person as its PM candidate
• What is this Third Front? Most of them have supported the Congress. In public life there is no space for hypocrisy
• I must say for Ram Vilas Paswan - even after he walked out of the NDA, where ever he met us, it was a cordial exchange
• He was never afraid when newspapers published his photographs (with BJP leaders) the next day
• And there are some leaders who will be cordial behind closed doors but uncomfortable in public
• Now it has become fashionable to blame communal forces, no matter what you say, they'll say there is a risk to secularism
• Can say with pride that only the BJP governments have been at the forefront of implementing 20-point programmes, working for the poor
• No Congress government has been effective in implementation of pro-poor programmes and these so-called Third Front parties Don't seem to be interested in such work at all