LIVE | Modi takes ‘baalak buddhi’ dig at Rahul, attacks Congress

PM Narendra Modi says, "...The people who worship Article 370, those who have made it a weapon of vote bank politics, had made the condition of Jammu and Kashmir such that they had snatched the rights of the people there. The Constitution of India could not enter the borders of J&K and the people who dance around with the Constitution on their heads here do not have the courage to implement it in J&K...It was the era of Article 370, stones were pelted on the Army and people used to say in despair that now nothing can happen in J&K. Today the wall of Article 370 has fallen, stone pelting has stopped, democracy is strong and people are coming forward in large numbers to vote, trusting the Constitution of India, trusting the flag of India, trusting the democracy of India. It is clearly visible, that this confidence has been created in 140 crore countrymen..."

PM Modi says, "Our third term means we will work at three times the speed, we will put in three times the energy. Our third term means we will give three times the results to the people of the country."

PM Narendra Modi says the people of the country had given his government the chance to serve them for the third consecutive term after testing it on every criterion.

Amid vociferous protests by Opposition members, he said people have seen the dedication with which his government had served them for 10 years.

“The people have seen that we have worked with dedication for the welfare of the poor, fulfilling the mantra of ‘public service is God’s service’,” he said.

“People have chosen us in this biggest election exercise. I can understand the pain of some people that despite running falsehoods they were comprehensively defeated,” he said, amid chants of “justice for Manipur” by members of the opposition.

Modi said his government managed to pull 25 crore people out of poverty in 10 years. This feat proved to be a blessing, he said.

“When we had won in 2014, we had said our slogan was zero tolerance towards corruption. I am proud that the common people, who were reeling under corruption and the country had been hollowed out before 2014, have blessed us for our zero tolerance for corruption,” he said.

PM Modi says, "If we remember those days of 2014, we will realise that the people of our country had lost their self-confidence. The country had drowned in the abyss of despair. At such a time, before 2014, the biggest loss that the country had suffered was the loss of self-confidence of the countrymen, and when trust and self-confidence are lost, it becomes difficult for the person, the society, the country to stand up. For some time, it used to come out from the mouth of a common man that 'nothing can happen to this country'. These words of frustration of Indians had become a kind of identity. For some time, when we used to open the newspaper every day, we used to read only news of scams..."

PM Modi says, "...I assure the countrymen that we have taken the resolution of Viksit Bharat and we will make efforts to fulfil that resolution and we will do it with full dedication and honesty and we will spend every moment of our time to fulfil this resolution..."