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

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

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.

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'.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.'

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

'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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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