Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Dwarka.
In his second rally ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tore into the opposition Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, alleging the two parties were competing to tell lies and were in league when it came to conspiring behind the scenes.
"They wake up in the morning and think of what lies to propagate. Never before has any Delhi election seen such a heavy dependence on falsehoods," he said at the rally in West Delhi's Dwarka.
On stage with PM Modi were the party's Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay, senior party leaders and the 12 candidates of the region from the BJP and ally Akali Dal.
The Prime Minister was welcomed by Kiran Bedi - his choice for the top post should the BJP win. In a reference to her past as a senior police officer, the Prime Minister said he could leave the city's traffic troubles to her.
His concern, he said, was that every family should have a home by the 75th year of India's Independence. The year that was wasted was a setback by 25 years, he said.
Asking for votes in the name of good governance and development, he said the opposition was attributing the fall in petrol price to his luck. "If my luck can benefit the country, why do you want to elect someone unlucky," he said to huge cheers from the audience.
A chunk of his speech was devoted to the track record of the Union government -- the successful implementation of projects like the Jan Dhan Yojana and the country's standing with key foreign powers.
"No matter which world leader stands in front on me... I can look them in the eye and talk as an equal," PM Modi said, in an indirect reference to the recent visit by US President Barack Obama.
For Delhi, electing the BJP, he hinted, would also important since the legislators will be directly under his control. "Won't they be afraid of Modi? Won't they think many times over before slacking in their work or doing anything wrong?"
As for the AAP, he said, "They will only be interested in grabbing airtime on television. They won't have time for people."