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Top 10 quotes from Modi's Amethi speech

May 05, 2014 18:05 IST

Bharatiya Janata Party Prime Ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi stormed Rahul Gandhi's bastion Amethi on Monday and launched a scathing attack on the Gandhi parivaar.

Here are 10 top quotes from his hour-long speech:

1. 'I can go back to selling tea if I don't become PM, what will Rahul do?'

2. ‘I want to start building India from Amethi.’

3. 'Sonia frustrated that 10 years of preparing Rahul have gone waste'

4. 'I did not send her (Smriti Irani) to trouble Rahul Bhaiyya, he is troubled enough already.'

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Top 10 quotes from Modi's Amethi speech

May 05, 2014 18:05 IST
Narendra Modi with BJP candidate Smriti Irani in Amethi

5. ‘Earlier, ma-beta never took my name. But now that the whole country cries, Modi Modi, it's affecting them as well.’

6. ‘At least I gave Gandhis outlet for their anger.’

7. 'Your dreams are my dreams. For 40 years, one family has destroyed the dreams of three generations. I will ensure your dreams are fulfilled.’

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Top 10 quotes from Modi's Amethi speech

May 05, 2014 18:05 IST
BJP supporters wave flags at Modi's rally in Amethi

8. 'Smriti is not just a celebrity, she is an achiever. Make my kid sister stand against all the Gandhis, and ask her the names of villages in Amethi. She will be able to tell you the names of 100 villages, the Gandhis put together can only recite the names of 10 villages.’

9. ‘No word from Rahul regarding Amethi in the last 10 years.’

10. 'Pehle matdan, phir jalpan. Press the lotus symbol on the EVM machine, let the lotus bloom in Amethi.’

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