Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Muzaffarpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched his party's campaign for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, with a rally at Muzaffarpur.
Here are the highlights of what he said:
- All the political pundits are here to see who is going to form the next government.
- When I first used to tweet and post on social media, other leaders used to poke fun at me.
- Now, even these leaders have taken a liking to tweeting.
- He had tweeted this morning, welcoming me to Bihar after 14 months.
- Mr Chief Minister, I am grateful for your welcome.
- There used to be a time when he used to say, "We already have a Modi here. What is the need for you to come here? Don't come."
- The previous Prime Minister, who was in power for 10 years, had come here once.
- But the fact that I have not come here in 14 months is worrying the Chief Minister.
- But don't worry now, I have arrived.
- You will not have to take this for very long.
- Do you want change in Bihar? Do you want peace? Do you want freedom from unemployment? Do you want liberation from a 'goonda raj'?
- If you want all of these thing, give us an opportunity.
- We will deliver all of these to you in just seven months.
- We may have our political difference. If I was that bad a man, you can come to my room and beat me or break my head.
- But instead, you have strangled Bihar to take your anger on me.
- It saddens me that you took out your anger with me upon the people of Bihar.
- The people of Bihar stood behind you because they wanted toi be liberated from 'goonda raj'.
- This is not an election to see who comes to power.
- This is an election about the employment of youth, the security of women.
- Once, try us. Once, give NDA the opportunity to serve the people of Bihar.
- In Delhi, Modi's government has taken the highest number of ministers, holding important portfolios and people of great ability from Bihar.
- Leaders from Bihar are running all of India.
- You, the people of Bihar, gave us an overwhelming mandate in the Lok Sabha election.
- I request you to repeat this.
- There are some who say they will not allow Modi in Bihar, that they don't need Modi and that they will not allow Modi inside Bihar.
- If you vote them to power, they want to run Bihar avoiding anything to do with Delhi.
- We want a government that goes shoulder to shoulder with Delhi.
- I was born in Gujarat.
- The Lord Krishna I worship gave people a hard time, but he dealt with the venom of a black snake and saved the people.
- It is regrettable that some from Krishna's Yadu clan and their friends are now complaining about poison.
- Why have the people of the Yadu clan been fed venom by these people?
- Let the people of Bihar decide who is the snake and which is the poison. You don't feed the people poison.
- Did they or did they not say they would not come back to you asking for votes if they did not deliver electricity to you?
- Have you received electricity? Why then have they come back to you?
- I want to bring back the glory of Bihar.
- Do you all remember George Fernandes, whose politics was so rooted here?
- Do you remember how they treated him after running shoulder to shoulder with him?
- Do you remember how they treated Sushil Modi after running shoulder to shoulder with him?
- Do you know what the true meaning of RJD? It is 'Rozana Jungle Raj ka Darr' (Daily Fear of Jungle Raj).
- The coming elections are about freedom from 'Rozana Jungle Raj ka Darr'.
- Look at what they have done to Bihar. Give us a chance and see what we do for Bihar?
- Your need is 5,000 MW. But this government has generated only 100 MW.
- Do you not want to watch good TV shows? Do you not want to watch 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'?
- How will you, without electricity?