Referring to the thumping victory with a margin of over 5.70lakh votes, Modi said he expressed his gratitude to the electorate of this constituency.
“After filing my nomination, I could spend only 50 minutes with you but you gave me victory by 5.70 lakh margin. I have checked up and found that only P V Narasimha Rao had won by such a big margin and that was in a bye election. Mine has been recorded in a general election,” he said.
He promised to return the love showered on him by the electorate of this constituency by taking its development to new heights.
Modi, who also won from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, made an oblique reference to the denial of permission for his election rally in the temple town. “People of Banaras have put their stamp of approval on my silence.”
