Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the face of BJP's campaign in the Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-started the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign for the upcoming Delhi assembly polls at a mega rally at the Ramlila Ground in New Delhi today. The rally was attended by top leaders including the chief ministers of Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra, where the party captured power in recent elections.
Here are the highlights of his speech: - PM Modi arrives at the Ramlila ground in Delhi.
- Prime Minister Modi begins his address at BJP's mega rally in Delhi.
- I would like to extend my greetings to people of Jammu and Kashmir for reposing their faith in democracy and voting in large numbers.
- BJP has achieved a historical success in Jammu and Kashmir, I'm grateful to people of the State.
- I was surprised to see that our Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu has as much knowledge about Delhi as he does about Hyderabad or Vijayawada.
- Today the youth of the nation is waiting for their future with immense hopes and aspirations.
- The mood of the nation is the mood of Delhi.
- I was told several issues were left pending. Issues of the poor were unsolved.
- Enough of politics. What did the common people get. Poverty increased despite slogans to end poverty.
- We have ushered a new politics, that is above casteism, regionalism etc. It is only thinking about development.
- We took up the Jan Dhan Yojana. Years ago banks were nationalised but their doors did not open for the poor.
- In the past could you see the poor in a bank? After Jan Dhan Yojana it is clear that who is working for the poor and who weren't.
- I feel proud in saying that around 11 crore people have opened bank accounts till 10th January under the Jan Dhan Yojana.
- Look at big heart of the poor people, they opened up bank accounts with Rs 5 or 10, when they could have opened accounts with zero balance.
- From Rs 5 to Rs 200, as much as Rs 8500 crore rupees were deposited in banks by the poor during the process of their zero-account-balance account openings.
- We want to make Delhi free from generators. When that happens Delhi will also be free from the polluted air.
- I promise you that I will provide you with 24 hours supply of electricity.
- Like you choose your service provider for your phone, we will introduce a system where you can choose who you want to buy your electricity from.
- Should people in our Capital have to stay in slums and footpaths? No.
- I have a dream, that every slum dweller in Delhi should have a house of their own by 2022, when India will complete 75 years of Independence.
- It seems there is a factory of spreading lies in Delhi by some. And those who spread lies will be rejected by people.
- Those who have a mastery in sitting on streets, Dharnas please give them that work. We can run a good government give us this work.
- Have you seen leaders who say 'yes, I am an anarchist?' Such people should go with Naxalites, as they do the same thing.
- Elect a Government with a complete majority. Hasn't a year been wasted in Delhi. Punish those who wasted this year for you.