Narendra Modi addresses rally in Varanasi
Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate, addresses rally in Varanasi.
Below are the highlights:
Delighted to be in the sacred city of Varanasi. Joining Vijay Shankhnaad Rally
There never has been such an atmosphere in the country before an election.
I have come from the land of Somnath to seek the blessings of Vishwanath.
Political parties are more active when elections are around the corner... this is natural. But for the first time the people are eager, aggressive to overturn the government in Delhi.
2014 elections will not be fought by political parties, it will be the people's fight - each and every voter will contest in the 2014 polls
For us the River Ganga is our mother, it isn't a stream of water... it is where our culture flows.
To clean up the river, there have been innumerable committees and funds allocated - but it seems all has been washed away in the river.
Other than holding three meetings in 5 years, the government has done no work on cleaning up the Ganges.
From the time Rajiv Gandhi was in power, they have sought votes in the name of Ganga and efforts to clean it up.
People are asking - what have you done? When have you done it? How and for whom?
Jo Ganga
nahin sambhal sakte, woh desh ko kya sambhalenge?
For cleaning up the Ganga, we need a clean-up in Delhi and Lucknow. Till these people are there, there is no possibility of the river being cleaned up.
These protectors of the Congress ask me what will you do? I don't just make claims, I deliver.
And whoever has such questions, I request them to come to Gujarat for 1 day - and stand on the banks of the Sabarmati - the river which had become a nallah10 years ago.... See what has become of it today.
Vaade nahin iraade lekar aaye hain (I don't make empty promises. We have not come with promises. We have come with intent)
And we know how to deliver on what we intend to do.
Your ancestors helped create 'Ram rajya' in Uttar Pradesh. It is in the DNA of everyone in UP.
As polls near, the government starts speaking about the poor. Otherwise it has no love for them.
Only one family is responsible for poverty in this country.
Congress calls us robbers, thieves. Yes we are thieves. We have stolen the sleep of the Congress.
We assisted the power loom sector in Gujarat. I want to assure that we can eradicate poverty.
People ask me what is your vision...this is my vision. What we did in Surat can be replicated in Varanasi. The Banarasi sari can save the economy.
Youth of this country needs a dignified life. I can give a guarantee for your future. India's future is in the youth of this country.
People of this country are just not able to stand this government any more. They have already started electng BJP to power and removing Cong from power. I can say with confidence that people will uproot the Congress government.
We need a Congress-mukt India, only then we can eradicate poverty and unemployment.