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