This Article is From Jun 09, 2013

BJP leaders have moulded me: Narendra Modi's victory speech

Goa: After he was declared the head of the committee that will lead the BJP into the national elections, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in a 45-minute-long speech, addressed the 300 party leaders present at the Goa conclave.

Following are the highlights of his address:

  • Thankful to Rajnath Singh for not just entrusting thisresponsibility but such an honour
  • Rajnath Singh did not let me speak before him; this is not a function of position but of his large heartedness
  • We are all workers and it is our responsibility to do whatever is entrusted to us 
  • BJP's senior leaders have molded me... ignored my mistake 
  • We will not leave any stone unturned... I trust BJP leaders
  • These (party workers)  all people used to work 
  • Today in Kerala, Nagaland, Mizoram, our workers have spent their life time... they were killed
  • There are workers who have worked from generation to generation... they did not come on TV or newspapers... but they have worked for the party
  • We're in politics to serve. We need to win elections so that we can work for the people
  • Rajnath Singh was CM of UP; has he ever been accused of corruption? Has any BJP Chief Minister been accused of corruption?
  • Then why are those sitting in Delhi accused - they have become corruption proof
  • Congress says "bharat nirman mei haq hai mera"; people say "bharat nirman mei shaq hai  mera"
  • Arun Jaitley said well begun is half-done; I say well begun  is half won
  • You can neither have expectations from this government nor trust it. Trust is the biggest thing in the world
  • The people of this country have lost their faith; and they continue to lose it with the events that are unfolding
  • This government changes its policies at midnight and you would not know it if the Supreme Court did not question them
  • People are saying Goa is lucky for Modi; the question is not of luck
  • Whenever Goa has blessed me, that project has attained new heights and this time to the work entrusted will achieved in the grandest manner
  • Article 356 was used wrongly by the Congress in the past; Raj Bhawans had become Congress Bhawans. And now they have employed the CBI to suppress the opposition
  • Congress has weakened institutions
  • Planning Commission is chaired by the PM. Why do they have the NAC now on top of them - that too headed by Madam?
  • I told the PM not just in the NAC, even in the Planning Commission there is a person who had been accused of colluding with Naxals. The PM had no answers 
  • They keep saying it is a coalition compulsion; the foreign minister starts reading another country's speech at the UN, is that a compulsion
  • They are running the country in a non-serious way; they have taken the people from granted
  • We have to focus on the youth of this country; why is it that there are so many protests at Jantar Mantar?
  • During Vajpayee's tenure, there was trust - we all felt the country is growing. There was positive feeling. From 2004, it has been a sinking feeling
  • We are not out to grab power, we must win back the trust of the millions of Indians
  • The people are so upset with the Congress that they were wiped out in the recent by-polls
  • Whether we are read about in the newspapers or seen on TV, we must leave our imprint in the hearts of the people
  • Due to policy paralysis, we have power plants but no coal. Why is there no coal? Because there is no policy
  • Can a country run like this?
  • The Law Minister wants to make laws for fixing; they can't and he does not know that this is a state subject
  • We must go forward with  the dream of a Congress-mukta Bharat
  • (Slogans) Desh ka neta kaisa ho, Narendra Modi jaisa ho










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