Narendra Modi`s rally in Balaghat: As it happened

Zee Media Bureau/Himanshu Kapoor

12:56 pm Modi concludes his speech. 12:50 pm `Live for the country, die for the country`, this is our ideology, you (Rahul Gandhi) can’t compete with this ideology: Modi 12:49 pm Modi says that his ideology is putting country before self and it`s not all about the family. 12:47 pm Modi now takes on Rahul for his ideology remark, says our ideology is nation is bigger than party. 12:44 pm Modi comes to the development issue, says given a high speed rail connectivity between Delhi and this region, it will develop quickly. 12:40 pm What kind of situation is this where our mothers and daughters do not feel safe? 12:39 pm UP can benefit if the dynastic politics ends, says Modi. Do you trust those sitting in power in Delhi or Lucknow, Modi asks. 12:38 pm If even there is a 2 minute power cut in Gujarat then our media friends make it into headlines, but If power comes in Uttar Pradesh that becomes the headline in the news. 12:37 pm Modi says Lal Bahadur Shastri`s slogan was `Jai Jawan Jai Kisan` but Congress has turned into `Mar jawan mar kisan`. 12:34 pm How can you believe someone who can ally with his father`s adversaries, asks Modi on Charan Singh`s son joining the Congress. Baghpat needs a grounded leader not a flying one, he states. 12:33 pm Bhartiya Lok Dal`s Chaudhary Charan Singh took on Congress for its anti-farmer policies, but his son went and sat in Congress`s lap, says Modi. 12:31 pm The Centre couldn`t tell the Pak PM that the meeting could wait. It couldn`t say so because it lacks courage, Modi says. 12:30 pm Modi rakes up soldier beheading issue, says On one hand Pakistan beheads our soldiers and on the other hand Pakistan`s PM is treated with Chicken Biryani. 12:28 pm In 1857 it was `kamal aur roti` and in 2014 again it is `kamal aur Modi`, says BJP`s PM candidate. 12:25 pm Addressing the rally Narendra Modi says From Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati`s Janmabhoomi, I have come to his Karmabhoomi. After addressing two rallies in Mandla and Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today addressed a rally in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.