Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit Updates: ‘I took govt out of Delhi to every corner of country,’ says PM in Rajkot

Recalling his enduring association with Rajkot during a public rally on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that 22 years ago he was elected MLA from the city while emphasizing that he has done his best to live up to the trust of the people of Rajkot.

Addressing a public rally in Rajkot, PM Modi said that exactly 22 years ago on February 15, he took the oath as the MLA of Rajkot.

Expressing gratitude for the unwavering support, he said,"Rajkot will always have a very special place in my heart. Exactly 22 years back it was the people of this city who put their faith in me, giving me my first-ever electoral win. On 25 February I took oath for the first time as Rajkot MLA. I can see that generations have changed but affection for Modi is beyond any age limit," PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually unveiled a new microbiology laboratory and 17 Food Safety on Wheels (FSW) vehicles in Assam, collectively valued at ₹13.11 crore.

In a major step towards enhancing food testing infrastructure across Assam, the laboratory was set up by the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) in Guwahati.

In addition, 17 mobile food testing laboratories, known as FSWs, have been provided to Assam in a stride towards ensuring food safety to the last mile.

All these facilities were inaugurated by Modi through virtual mode from an event at Rajkot in Gujarat, an official release said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned Raebareli in his speech at Rajkot on Sunday as he inaugurated five AIIMS -- Rajkot, Bathinda, Raebareli, Kalyani and Mangalgiri. Modi said the Congress 'Shahi family' only did politics in Raebareli while he did the work. "I promised Raebareli an AIIMS and I did it. I laid the foundation stone five years ago and today I inaugurated it. Your servant fulfilled his guarantee," Modi said. Then he mentioned Kalyani (West Bengal) AIIMS and said it was his another guarantee fulfilled. Read more

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday tore into the Congress, saying the grand old party could make India's economy only the 11th largest in 10 years because the entire energy of the party ( Congress) was utilized to take one family forward and to hide scams.

Addressing the gathering in Dwarka PM Modi said that the grand old party used their full strength and energy to hide their corruption.

"That's why they could make India only the 11th largest economy in the world in their 10 years. The budget, which used to be for infrastructure, was looted through scams. Congress did the 2G scam, a Commonwealth scam, a helicopter scam, and a submarine scam. Congress has only betrayed every need of the country."

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rajkot, Gujarat, and digitally dedicated four additional AIIMS in Bathinda (Punjab), Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), Kalyani (West Bengal), and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh) to the nation.

He unveiled development projects totalling ₹48,000 crore during the event, emphasising that his commitment comes into play when hope from others diminishes.

"For 50 years after Independence, there was only one AIIMS in the country, and that too in Delhi. In the seven decades since Independence, only seven AIIMS were approved but even these were never completed," he said.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public event in Rajkot, says, “Today from Rajkot - AIIMS Rajkot, AIIMS Rae Bareli, AIIMS Mangalagiri, AIIMS Bathinda and AIIMS Kalyani have been inaugurated... India is developing at such a fast pace.”

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: “There was a time when all of the big events of the country only happened in Delhi. I took the government of India out of Delhi to every corner of the nation, and today's event in Rajkot is the evidence of this,” says PM Modi addressing the inauguration event of various development projects in Gujarat's Rajkot.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a roadshow in Rajkot on Sunday, where he was greeted by supporters showering flower petals and chanting "Modi, Modi." Earlier in the day, he sought blessings from Dwarka Shankaracharya Swami Sadanand Saraswati ji Maharaj at Shankaracharya Math Shardapeeth in Dwarka, spending 20 minutes alone with him. Additionally, PM Modi visited Gujarat's renowned Lord Krishna temple, Dwarkadish, to offer prayers on Sunday morning.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Congress could make India only the 11th largest economy in the 10 years before 2014 as they used their full strength to hide their corruption.

"They used their full strength to hide their corruption. That's why they could make India only the 11th largest economy in the world in their 10 years. The budget, which used to be for infrastructure, was looted through scams. Congress did the 2G scam, a Commonwealth scam, a helicopter scam, and a submarine scam. Congress has only betrayed every need of the country," Modi said.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM Modi in Dwarka says, “We have seen those days when the people of Saurashtra struggled for a drop of water... When I used to say that waters of rivers that have water for the whole year, would be brought to Saurashtra and Kutch, Congress ridiculed me. But today, Sauni (Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation) Yojana has changed the fate of Saurashtra. More than 1300 km of pipeline has been spread, which is wide enough to pass a car through it... Hundreds of villages now have access to water.”

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM Modi took a swipe at the Congress party during his address in Dwarka, where he is on a two-day visit to inaugurate multiple developmental projects. He said, “When I gave the guarantee of the making of the New India, the Opposition which is fond of abusing me ridiculed that. Today, everyone is watching the formation of the New India in front of their eyes. Those who ruled the country for a long time did not have the willpower. Their intention to provide facilities to the common people was maligned. All of Congress' power was used to make only one family prosperous. How would have they remembered to do something for the country? All of their power was used in thinking about how to make the government last for 5 years, and how to hide the scams. They could make India only the 11th largest economy in the 10 years before 2014... The budget which used to be for infrastructure, was looted through scams... Congress did 2G scam, Commonwealth scam, Helicopter, and submarine scam... Congress has only betrayed every need of the country.”

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech in Dwarka where he inaugurated multiple developmental projects said, “All kinds of scams used to take place under the Congress regime; we have stopped all those things in last 10 years.”

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: “Those who ruled the country for years never had the intention to provide relief to the people. Congress used its full strength for just one family. They used their full strength to hide their corruption. That's why they could make India only the 11th largest economy of the world in their 10 years,” says PM Modi during his address in Gujarat's Dwarka.

"Sudarshan Setu is not just a facility, it is also an engineering marvel. Students of structural engineering should come and study the Sudarshan Setu. It is India's longest cable bridge...", says PM Modi.

"Today, I experienced those moments with will stay with me forever... I went deep in the sea and did 'Darshan' of the ancient Dwarka city. Archeologists have written a lot about the Dwarka city hidden underwater. In our scriptures also, it is said about Dwarka that it was a city with beautiful gates and tall buildings, as tall as the top of the world. Lord Krishna himself constructed this city... When I went deep in the sea, I experienced the divinity... I bowed down in front of Dwarkadhish. I took a peacock feather with me and placed it at Lord Krishna's feet. I had always been curious to go there and touch the remains of the ancient Dwarka city. I am full of emotions today... A decades-old dream was completed today..."

"I thank Ahir Mother for their blessings. A video went viral a few days ago that 37,000 Ahir women did garba together...People me how was this happening in sync. I told them that 37,000 women doing Garba is nothing, the bigger fact is that there is at least a total of 25,000 kg of gold is there on all of them combined... I bow down in front of Dwarka Dham, the workplace of Lord Krishna... Everything here happens with the will of Lord Krishna only..." says PM Modi.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM inaugurated several development projects in Dwarka on Sunday.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM Modi was felicitated in Dwarka, Gujarat. The PM Modi willis expected to inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay foundation stone of several development projects in Dwarka shortly.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM Modi is expected to inaugurate development projects in Dwarka anytime soon.

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Prime Minister will dedicate pipeline project at Vadinar involving replacement of existing offshore lines, abandoning existing Pipeline End Manifold (PLEM), and relocating the entire system (pipelines, the PLEMs and the interconnecting loop line) at a nearby new location. Prime Minister will dedicate Rajkot-Okha, Rajkot-Jetalsar-Somnath and Jetalsar-Wansjaliya Rail Electrification projects to the nation.

Prime Minister will lay foundation stone of widening of Dhoraji-Jamkandorna-Kalavad section of NH-927D; Regional Science Center at Jamnagar; Flue Gas Desulphurization (FGD) system installation at Sikka Thermal Power Station, Jamnagar among others

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: PM will inaugurate multiple development projects in Dwarka shortly

Narendra Modi Gujarat Visit LIVE Updates: Later in the day, the Prime Minister will inaugurate several development projects in Rajkot. He will also inaugurate AIIMS at Gujarat's Rajkot.