Highlights: BJP is not an outsider, we have Bengal in our DNA, says PM Modi

This will be PM Modi's first rally in the state since the election commission announced the dates for the assembly election. However, PM Modi has visited the state multiple times in the past few months. Corruption has peaked so much that TMC ready to play Corruption Olympics: PM Modi

PM Modi reaches Brigade ground stage (Persicope/Twitter)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Kolkata on Sunday to address a rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in West Bengal, where assembly elections will be held later this month. This is the Prime Minister's first rally in the eastern state since the Election Commission of India announced the dates for the assembly polls. PM Modi has visited the state multiple times in the past few months to boost the Bharatiya Janata Party’s chances in the high-stakes poll....Read More

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• 7 Mar 2021, 03:40:25 PM IST

  Are founders of Indian National Congress or Mao-Lenin-Marx not outsiders, asks PM Modi

  "I have known Didi for several years but this is not the Didi who stood up against the Left Front govt. Her remote control is elsewhere. We are outsiders, they say, are the founders of Congress’ not outsiders? Are Marx, Lenin, Mao not outsiders? But our leader was Syama Prasad Mookerjee so Bengal is in BJP’s DNA. We are indebted to Bengal", PM Modi said.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:37:10 PM IST

  'Bhoy paben na': PM Modi says TMC's game is over

  PM Modi tells people to vote fearlessly and not fear TMC's goons.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:29:10 PM IST

  People say I work for my friends, yes I do because my friends are the poor and needy: PM Modi

  PM Modi said that people who are impoverished and needy are the ones who are his real friends. He says he made sure his 'friends' receive government's aid like ration during lockdown, free gas cylinders to the poor people and free vaccines for the elderly.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:24:58 PM IST

  Not only Bengal's daughter, maybe Didi should realise she is also India's daughter: PM Modi

  PM Modi asks Mamata Banerjee to consider herself as India's daughter and not limit herself to idea that she is solely 'Bengal's daughter'.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:21:32 PM IST

  PM Modi says he is surprised to see Didi's scooty take a sudden turn towards Nandigram

  PM Modi says Didi's scooty has taken a sudden turn towards Nandigram when it was supposed to stop at Bhawanipore. He was referring to Mamata Banerjee's protest move where she was seen sitting in a scooty in order to protest against rising fuel prices. He was also talking about Banerjee's decision to contest from Nandigram

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:14:20 PM IST

  You were chosen to be Bengal's Didi, why did you choose to love only 1 nephew, says PM

  PM Modi says Mamata Banerjee has forgotten that she herself was against politics of nepotism. He also asked why did she choose to love only 1 nephew when there are thousands of nephews and nieces across Bengal who want similar attention.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:10:51 PM IST

  PM Modi says Bengal's mothers have 'wept endlessly' due to 'state-sponsored atrocities'

  PM Modi says Bengal's mothers and daughter have shed their tears because the government in the state has not done anything for women safety and left many mothers childless with political killings.

• 7 Mar 2021, 03:07:16 PM IST

  Has the TMC brought change in the lives of people of Bengal: PM Modi

  PM Modi says TMC failed to bring the promised 'change' to the lives of people and has also failed to bring the changes to lives of its government employees.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:59:17 PM IST

  'Commissionbaji will not stop developmental works anymore': PM

  PM says roads leading to airport, Kolkata Metro expansion and regularisation of slums has been halted due to the practice of commissionbaji. He says it is time for BJP to come to power and end that practice.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:57:01 PM IST

  No one can stop Kolkata from becoming a futuristic city: PM

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that Kolkata's citizens wish to see their city be on the top of list of cities which rank high on the livability index. He promised that BJP will fulfil that target.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:54:55 PM IST

  Come 2047, it will be Bengal which will lead India, Prime Minister says

  PM Modi says come 2047, when India will complete 100 years of its independence, Bengal will lead India.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:53:14 PM IST

  Today a son of the soil has joined us, he knows how Bengal has fared in the last few years: PM Modi on Mithun Chakraborty

  PM Modi says 'Banglar Chele' (son of Bengal) Mithun Chakraborty has joined BJP because he knows how much Bengal has suffered.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:50:46 PM IST

  'Ashol Poriborton' is the mantra of Bengal BJP: PM Modi

  PM Modi says leaders of Bengal BJP are working to bring all round development to Bengal. He says it is time for development and not for appeasement.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:46:23 PM IST

  Some people may feel it is already May 2: PM Modi

  PM Modi, amid rousing chants of BJP supporters cheering his every line, says that people here may feel that it is already May 2. He also says that it is time for 'ashol poriborton' and 'time to end tyranny of the current government.'

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:44:11 PM IST

  Left and Congress have a anti-Bengal agenda, PM Modi

  PM Modi said in this tripartite contest it is the Left and Congress who have an anti-Bengal mentality.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:43:10 PM IST

  Cadres of Mamata didi have terrorised Bengal, says PM Modi

  'The people who have gathered here are evidence of the hope that is being nurtured by the people who will vote out Trinamool Congress in the upcoming elections," PM Modi said.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:40:58 PM IST

  This ground has seen several patriots: PM Modi

  PM Modi says that Brigade Ground has seen several large gatherings but the ground has also been witness to several political parties who have halted the development of Bengal.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:34:25 PM IST

  PM Modi begins speech with 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and Vande Mataram chants

  BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and actor Mithun Chakrabarti greeted PM Modi with uttariyos.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:25:51 PM IST

  'If you are walking in the right direction, keep walking': Supriyo

  Union minister Babul Supriyo says able people will now take Bengal to new heights under the leadership of Narendra Modi.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:24:15 PM IST

  Chaudhuri says no more 'khela', time for 'development'

  Union minister for state ministry of women and child development says Bengal's citizens have no time for 'khela' which took lives of several people. She says BJP will bring new era of development.

• 7 Mar 2021, 02:18:34 PM IST

  Dilip Ghosh asks BJP supporters to not move forward breaking the barricades

  West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh asks a section of BJP supporters to stay put in their places and not to rush towards the barricades separating the crowd from the stage.

• 7 Mar 2021, 01:58:25 PM IST

  PM Modi lands in Kolkata ahead of mega rally

  The Prime Minister said he is looking forward to interacting with the people of Bengal.

• 7 Mar 2021, 01:45:50 PM IST

  TMC has become pvt limited company: Suvendu Adhikari

  Trinamool Congress is not a political party, it has become a private limited company. Its chairman is called Mamata Banerjee and its MD is Tolabaaz Bhaipo, says BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari at Brigade Parade Ground, Kolkata

• 7 Mar 2021, 01:07:01 PM IST

  Actor Mithun Chakrabarty joins BJP

  Actor Mithun Chakrabarty joins Bharatiya Janata Party at Brigade Parade Ground.

• 7 Mar 2021, 01:03:05 PM IST

  West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh greets Mithun Chakrabarty

  

  Actor Mithun Chakraborty at Brigade Parade Ground, (ANI)

  West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh greets actor Mithun Chakrabarty at Brigade Parade Ground ahead of the rally. BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya also present at the stage.

• 7 Mar 2021, 12:44:32 PM IST

  Actor Mithun Chakrabarty arrives at stage

• 7 Mar 2021, 12:32:25 PM IST

  Supporters start to gather at the ground ahead of rally

  

  A BJP worker holds party flag and banners ahead of PM Narendra Modi's election rally at the brigade parade ground, in Kolkata. (ANI Photo)

• 7 Mar 2021, 11:56:04 AM IST

  Police to monitor security with drone cameras

  The preparations are in full swing for the PM Modi rally. As per report, police will use drone cameras to monitor the situation.