Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that these Lok Sabha elections are an opportunity for the country to elect a leader who can lead a strong government that “makes the world aware of India’s strength”, PTI reported.
Modi was addressing an election rally organized at a college campus in Jaunpur in support of BJP candidates Kripashankar Singh from Jaunpur parliamentary constituency and sitting MP BP Saroj from Machhlishahr (reserved) seat.
“This election is an opportunity to elect the prime minister of the country. A prime minister who will lead a strong government that cannot be dominated by the world but will make the world aware of India’s strength,” he said.
“So, when you vote for our Kripashankar ji of Jaunpur, BP Saroj ji of Machhlishahr, your vote forms a strong government. The votes you give them will go directly into Modi’s account,” the prime minister said.
Amid slogans of “Jai Shri Ram” and “Har Har Modi”, Modi said, “Your enthusiasm shows that you have made it difficult for the INDI alliance to win even a single seat in Uttar Pradesh.”
Talking about the development in Kashi-Ayodhya, he said, “You have seen in Kashi how a strong government works. We are seeing it happening in Ayodhya.”
“Earlier, when people talked about development, sometimes the discussion was about Delhi, sometimes about Mumbai. Now, the country and the world are also talking about Kashi-Ayodhya,” Modi added.
“My commitment is to make a developed India and the growth engine of developed India will be Purvanchal. Modi and Yogi are going to change the image and destiny of Purvanchal in the next five years,” he said.
Voting will be held in Jaunpur and Machhlishahr on May 25. In the 2019 polls, BSP’s Shyam Singh Yadav won the Jaunpur constituency defeating BJP’s Krishna Pratap Singh. The incumbent MP also received a ballot in this election from the same constituency. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had earlier named MP Dhananjay Singh’s wife Shrikala Dhananjay Singh before changing it to Yadav on May 6.
(With input from PTI)