4:05 pm: Speech ends as Modi chants Vande Mataram
4:04 pm: Modi asks the crowd to shout "cholbey na" as he shouts : Goondaraj in Politics, Cholbey Na, Bhrashtra Shashan, Cholbey Na.
3:59 pm: Modi reads out from Tagore's poems.
3:58 pm: Modi takes a swipe at Congress raising Pranab Mukerjee's name. After Indira Gandhi's resignation, Pranab Mukherjee was the seniormost minister, but he was deprived from being made PM. Even in 2004, Pranab Mukherjee was ignored and Manmohan Singh was made PM.
3:56 pm: Let Mamataji rule Bengal, let me rule Delhi, and let Pranabda be above both of us. There is loud applause from the crowd.
3:53 pm: Modi raises Bangladeshi infiltration issue and says, youths of Bengal are being deprived of jobs because of Bangladeshi infiltration.
3:52 pm: Muslims are few in Gujarat, but look at the Haj quotas. There are 37,000 applications, and only 4,800 Haj quota, whereas in Bengal, there are only 12,000 applications and 11,600 Haj quota. If Muslims are not prosperous, how can they go for Haj, asks Modi
3:51 pm: Those of the Left do not consider Muslims as human beings, but as voters. Muslims in Bengal did not prosper despite 35 years of rule.
3:49 pm: The states in Western India are developed only because the Third Front has no base there, whereas the East is lagging behind because of the Left. Third Front wants to keep India third rate.
3:45 pm: West Bengal is facing power shortage though its has most of the coal mines, says Modi.
3:37 pm: Think from a new angle. I promise you I will bring back Sonar Bangla, promises Modi.
3:35 pm: You take the 'hisaab' (accountability) from the ruling party here, and take the hisaab from me at the Centre.
3:34 pm: Will you do one thing? Give all your Lok Sabha seats to BJP from Bengal, and do another Poriborton. I promise you I will bring about the change from the Centre. You ask the state government here for its Poriborton promise, but for the Centre, you make me accountable.
3:32 pm: People of Bengal did a great thing by throwing out the party which destroyed the state for 30-32 years. They destroyed your Sonar Bangla. You did the Pariborton (change). But did the Pariborton come? The crowd shouts No.
3:30 pm: The people have waited for 60 years. They cannot wait any longer. People need self-respect, security for their women, food, health and housing.
3:28 pm: This Lok Sabha election is different from other elections. It's not the parties, but the people who are fighting the elections this time. I am sure the political pundits this time will be proved wrong.
3:26: Bengal was at one time the Rashtra Guru of India. If we want to make India the Vishwa Guru, we should make Bengal the rashtra guru again, says Modi
3:22 pm: Modi relates the Gujarat connection of Bengalis. Says, how the brother of Ravindranath Tagore promoted art in Gujarat, Subhas Bose's brother promoted textile industry in Gujaratr, how Subhash Bose showed his strength at the Congress session in Haripura, how Sri Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda came to Gujarat.
3:21 pm: I have come to Kolkata many times, but this is the greatest public meeting I am seeing. Those sitting in Delhi for the Third Front should hire a helicopter and watch this gathering.
3:19 pm: Modi reads out from a prepared Bengali speech : Namaskar, upasthit bhai bon- bandhuder abhinandan. He says, Bengal is known for its Durga pooja, its Sonar Bangla, the people of Bengal are known for their great intellect. Ami aapnake bhalobasi. (I love you Bengalis).
3:18 PM: Narendra Modi begins speech to loud applause.
2:44 pm: Modi arrives on dais amidst slogans of "Modiji swagatam" "Desh Ka Neta Kaisa Ho, Modiji Jaisa Ho" Modi sits with Varun Gandhi on his right and BJP chief Rajnath Singh on his left. Modi reads out pointers of his speech sitting quietly. Varun Gandhi garlands Rajnath Singh and touches his feet.
2:30 pm: Shahnawaz Hussain says, "third number" parties in Delhi are today forming the Third Front, but that will not succeed. In Russia, these Communists crush religion, and in Bengal, these same Communists come out to speak our for Muslims, he says.
2:27 pm: As Shahnawaz Hussain enthused the crowds with the Urdu couplet "Rat hai aisi matwaali, to subah ka aalam kyo hoga", Modi's chopper appears in view
2:25 pm: The organisers introduce new entrants among whom are several retired IAS and IPS officers, including Sujit Ghosh from CBI, B K Sharma, ex-DGP, R J Handa, ex-DGP Sikkim, R K Tripathi, ex-Addl Chief Secy, S K Madan and R K Mohanty.
2:20 pm: The ground is now packed with more people. Bappi Lahiri sings an old fvourite Bengali song : Chirdini Tumi To Aamar, Jug-Jug Aami tomari, Aami Aachi Shei je Tomaar, tumi Achho Shei Aamari, BJP we all love you BJp ke aamra Bhalobasi (You are mine forever, forever, I am still yours, and you are mine).
1 pm : BJP workers carrying banners and flags trickle into Brigade Parade ground, but the much vaunted figure of 3 to 7 lakhs is nowhere to be seen.
11:40 am: Recent entrant Bollywood music director Bappi Lahiri reaches Kolkata to attend Modi's rally .
11:30 am: The front enclosures for which people paid money for entrance tickets, are almost filled up. Media crews have taken up positions in their enclosure.
11 am: Metal detectors have been installed at all entry points to the rally venue. People are being frisked before being allowed to enter the enclosures.
