LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a mega rally in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow. In his first rally in the state after the 50-day deadline on December 30, post the November 8 notes ban announcement, got over, PM Modi said it was imperative for Uttar Pradesh to develop for India to progress in every sense.
This is the biggest rally of my career. I am in politics for many years, have never addressed a bigger rally. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had a fondness for Lucknow…. When he sees this gathering on TV, it will make him feel so happy. This is your tribute to him. After seeing this gathering, no one will have any doubt as to what is going to happen in the Uttar Pradesh polls. The issue is not about BJP’s exile from UP for 14 years…. The issue is that development has been in exile for 14 years in the state.
I can see the possibility of developments in UP after so many years. After decades, the country has got a government at the Centre which has a full majority. I am a MP from Uttar Pradesh. I have seen what kind of governments have been leading the state. We want India to march ahead, want poverty to be eliminated, illiteracy to end, diseases to end. But all these dreams will be fulfilled only when the fortune of Uttar Pradesh is changed.
