BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Ludhiana today.
Here are the highlights:- I seek your (voters) blessings for our fateh (victory) in Lok Sabha polls
- Gujarat has special connection with Punjab
- A gurudwara in Kutch has still preserved Guru Nanak's paduka (footsteps)
- The gurudwara in Gujarat that Nanak Dev stayed in was destroyed during the Bhuj earthquake. We called in experts to rebuild the gurudwara
- Kutch is a dry region
- Farmers from Punjab came and settled in that area and due to their hardwork, the border area of Kutch has lush green fields
- All Indians have an equal right over Gujarat
- No Sikh farmer will ever have to leave Gujarat
- An officer who wrongs them will go but my Sikh farmers won't
- From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, India is one
- We believe that all Indians have equal rights over all states
- Alliance between Shiromani Akali Dal and BJP is not a political alliance only. It is a symbol of Punjab's social unity
- Punjab is not limited to Punjab. Be it Punjabi food or Punjabi music, it is popular all over the country
- Punjab is a land of sacrifice, it is a land of the brave
- ABCD has become a symbol of Congress's corruption. A for Adarsh Scam, B for Bofors...
- I worked in Himachal, Haryana and Punjab as a BJP worker. I have seen senior leaders governing their states
- I learnt governance by watching Badal sahab and other senior leaders
- I will guard India's treasury, I will not let any hand that take away
- There is a combination of experience and youth in Punjab in form of Badal senior and Badal junior
- The senior Badal focuses on agriculture and farmers, he junior Badal focuses on technology
- Tourism has business potential of 3 trillion dollars. But we have not concentrated on that
- India has the capability to attract other countries but we have never worked on that
- We need to concentrate on value addition when it comes to agriculture
- We need to work on branding and marketing
- We need to work on all this for the benefit for our farmers.