Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday visited poll-bound Madhya Pradesh where he laid the foundation stones of developmental projects worth Rs 19,000 crore in Gwalior.

In a show of unity, PM Modi also held a grand roadshow with Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan in Gwalior where the duo was also joined by the BJP state unit’s president VD Sharma. The prime minister received an overwhelming welcome in Gwalior as he was seen waving and greeting the crowd.

In his speech, PM Modi made scathing remarks against the Congress and said the party made Madhya Pradesh a ‘Bimaru State’ while the BJP only worked for the development of the state. The PM also made a strong pitch about the efforts his party has been making to empower the women of the country.

Here are some top quotes from PM Modi’s visit to Gwalior today:

1. “The people of the country gave those opposing the development for 60 years. 60 years is not a less time. If we can make such development and progress in less than nine hours, imagine what could happen in the country in 60 years,” PM Modi on Congress.
2. “They used to play with the feelings of the poor and they are doing it even now. Even then they used to divide the country on the basis of caste and now they are doing the same,” PM Modi said about the opposition.
3. “People who don’t have new thinking or a new roadmap development can never help Madhya Pradesh progress. These people have only one work and that is to hate the country’s progress,” said Modi.
4. “Double engine means double development in Madhya Pradesh. In these years our government has turned the state from a ‘Bimaru Rajya’ to the top ten states in the country. BJP aims to make Madhya Pradesh one of the top three states of the country,” PM Modi on BJP’s achievement.
5. “Madhya Pradesh is a land of warriors. Foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 19,000 crore have been laid here. The number of projects launched by BJP in a year has never been done by any other party,” PM Modi said.
6. It is Modi’s guarantee to all of you that India will be one of the top three economies in the world in the next few years.
7. “Nearly 2.25 lakh families will enter their new homes before Dussehra, Dhanteras and Diwali this year under PM Awas Yojna,” said Modi.
8. For them, women empowerment can be a vote bank subject, for us it is a mission of national reconstruction and national welfare,” said PM Modi.