Live: I have sold tea, but I never sold my country, says Modi at Hardoi(UP) rally

Hardoi (UP): Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today attacked both the 'mother-son' duo of Congress party and' father-son' duo of Samajwadi Party and accused them of destroying India and Uttar Pradesh respectively.Addressing an election meeting at Hardoi of Uttar Pradesh, Modi said that he had sold tea in the past but he never sold his country. "I want to tell you one thing- I have sold tea, but I never sold my country," said Modi.Modi said all corrupt leaders in the country would have to face trial if he is voted to power in the general elections."I will not spare anyone who is corrupt or has a criminal background" he told the gathering, which roared in approval.He added he will ask the Supreme Court to fast track cases against corrupt public representatives and urged the voters to go for clean politics.Accusing the Congress of many ills plaguing the country, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate took a dig at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, saying the mother-son duo had destroyed India.Adding SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and state chief minister Akhilesh were out to destroy Uttar Pradesh, he urged the people to sent as many BJP candidates to the Lok Sabha as they can."Delhi mein baithi hai maa-bete ki sarkaar aur rajya mein baap-bete ki sarkar, aur dono hi kar rahe hain satyanaash" (The mother-son and father-son duo have destroyed the nation and the state)," Modi told the public in Hardoi.He also rued the growing lawlessness in Uttar Pradesh and said it is a sad thing that people in the state have more arms than the police.Here are the live updates of Modi's rallies:Kalyan speech: 6:13pm – Modi concludes his speech.06:012pm – Modi: Please make sure that Congress-NCP fails to open its account in Maharshtra. Make this alliance victorious and form a strong government in Delhi. 06:12pm – Modi: Elections are over in 232 seats and the voting pattern has ensured that Congress is going to lose power this time. Now I need your support in rest of the seats that will go to polls in coming days. 06:11pm – Modi: Normally alliances are formed and strategies made for dethroning an incumbent government. But for the first time the ruling party is drafting strategies with its allies to stop Modi at any cost. 06:010pm – Modi: Do you believe black money should be brought back? (Crowd says –Yes). You are saying Yes because it's not your money that is lying oversea. Those who have their black money stacked outside are saying NO.06:09pm – Modi: I heard Rahul Gandhi in CII. He was saying that a person is claiming he'll come riding on white horse. His mother also wondered which magician can change things overnight. Now it has been revealed by Wall Street Journal that there is this person who can convert Rs 1 Lakh into 300 Crore within 5 years.06:08pm – Modi: They are not used to getting challenged by people. They think how can a ‘chaiwallah' challenge them?06:07pm – Modi: They are not giving answers when asked about promises they had made in the past. On the contrary they are asking questions to Modi.06:05pm – Modi: They believe that this nation can't be run without this family. This arrogance is not good for the democracy.06:03pm – Modi: Now they have come up with another ‘Dhoka patra' and not ‘Ghoshna Patra'. They had promised to make India slum-free but they have failed to do that.06:01pm – Modi: Congress will not be able to open its account in many states this time. A book written by a former PMO employee has revealed that it's a mother-son govt in Delhi. Here are the live updates of Modi's rally in Firozabad:3:07 pm: Modi ends speech.3:06 pm: Modi: I was born in a poor family. I know what poverty is. Give me 60 months, I will show you how to remove poverty. Give me the opportunity. 3:04 pm: Modi: Do you find any potential in the govt to enrich your lives? Crowd shouts No. I need your help. You have elected others for 60 years. Give me 60 months. 3:02 pm: Modi: There is a thriving glass industry here. The govt should have set up an institute, give training to the youths to develop the glass industry here. We can make bangles, which can make women of the world to wear nice bangles. Those in the govt here lack ideas. Throw them out. There are nearly a 1000 towns like Firozabad. If we can infuse life in these towns, the whole of India can progress.3 pm: Modi: Most of the Muslim families in our state are engaged in kite making. I spent a whole day and training was given to kite makers. Earlier, our kite industry was Rs 30 cr in Gujarat, today it is Rs 700 crore. The lives of poorest of poor Muslims there has changed. 2:59 pm: Modi: There is huge potential for small industries here. But the govt has opened the doors for Chinese goods, and small industries are closing down, rendering thousands of people employed. The govt in Delhi gives cheap gas to the rich in the capital, but gives costly gas to the industries in Firozabad. 2:58 pm: Modi: I appeal to EC authorities in UP and the EC of India to ensure free and fair reporting in Firozabad. I will keep watch on each and every polling booth here. We will install our own video cameras and I will see how booth capturing is done. EC has no right to work in a partisan manner. If EC is free and fair, nobody can suppress honest and sincere people.2:57 pm: Modi speaking in Firozabad rally. Speaks about water shortage in Firozabad. Says, how his government in Gujarat provided water supply to border areas in a pipe the diameter of which can accomodate a car carrying the UP chief minister and his father.Here are the live updates of Modi's rally in Etah: 12:38 pm: Modi ends speech as crowd chants Modi, Modi.12:36 pm: Modi: I need a strong government in Delhi, not the lameduck govt that runs at the mercy of "ma-beta". Only the voters of UP can provide a strong govt in Delhi. Please give us all the lotuses from UP to Delhi this time. SP, BSP, Congress must not be allowed to open their account in UP. I will give you a strong and progressive govt.12:35 pm: Modi: This man (indirectly mentioning Vadra) had Rs 1 lakh, was 10th pass. but he made Rs 300 crore in 3 years. Only a magician can do it. I will ensure that each and every paisa looted from the national exchequer is recovered. 12:32 pm: Modi: In Delhi there is ma-beta sarkar, in Lucknow there is baap-beta sarkar, earlier there was behanji's sarkar. Have these governments worked for your upliftment? Crowd shouts No. Modi asks the crowd to delink themselves from these parties.12:31 pm: Modi addressing rally in Etah, UP. Modi says, this is not Modi Lehar (wave), it is Modi zehar (poison), for all thieves and looters. This zehar (poison) will cleanse the systemHere are the live updates of Modi's rally in Hardoi:11: 32 am: Modi ends his speech. Crowd cheers.11:31 am: Modi: I want 300 lotuses in Delhi. You have witnessed a government for 60 years. Give this poor man an opportunity. I only want you to give me 60 months to clean this nation.11:29 am: Modi: Do you want that kind of a government who goes to Amethi and tell the people to take of her son? How can a person handle a nation when he can't handle a small town? 11:28 am: Modi: What kind of a government do you want in India? Do we need a loose government, a government that works on mother and son's oxygen? We need a strong government. 11:27 am: Modi: Do you want to live the kind of life your ancestors have lived? If you want to change your life, you will have to change the government. 11:27 am: Modi: I have the courage to carry death in my fist. 11:26 am: Modi: Who said that corruption cannot be removed? I will free India from corruption. 11:23 am: Modi: You do not have to fear these rogues. I want to tell you all my intention. I don't care about winning or losing elections. But I have taken a resolution, that after 16th May, when the government is formed I will get the nominations papers and compile a list of all the defaulters. I will have all those ministers put behind the bars who have a criminal case against them. I won't even spare MPs and MLAs of BJP. 11:20 am: Modi: Our nation has been destroyed by mother and son's government and UP has been destroyed by father and son's government. When bhainji's government comes to power, they harass father and son duo. And when the latter comes to power, the duo harasses bhainji's party. Congress on the other hand adds fuel to the fire. 11:19 am: Modi: How can they understand their sentiments? I have endured poverty. I know what it feels to lie in the open air in winters. I can still feel the sting of slaps I used to get while selling tea. I understand the humiliation.11:18: Modi: For him poor people are for tourism. In order to get good pictures, he lifts a poor child in his lap and also consumes their food. 11:16 am: Modi: Those who have not seen the Taj Mahal go specially to visit that sight. They take their cameras along with them and take pictures and show them to their relatives. Similarly Rahul ‘bhaiya' goes around to see poverty. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth that is why he has to study the poor. He takes along with him a team of media people. 11:15 am: Modi: What kind of language they use…Those people cannot tolerate the society beyond their family. They feel that only their daughter, son, uncles and aunties are capable of working for the nation. 11:13 am: Modi: But when prominent leaders of this country poke fun at the concept of a tea seller becoming the Prime Minister of India. Those people who are constantly mocking my lowly background, let me tell you all – I am proud that I was a tea seller. 11:13 am: Modi: I'm not angry with God for giving me birth in a poor family.11:10 am: Modi begins his speech as the crowd cheers thunderously

Live: I have sold tea, but I never sold my country, says Modi at Hardoi(UP) rally

Hardoi (UP): Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today attacked both the 'mother-son' duo of Congress party and' father-son' duo of Samajwadi Party and accused them of destroying India and Uttar

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