PM Modi kickstarts BJP's poll campaign in Delhi, promises to bring an end to policy paralysis

New Delhi: Making tall promises at Bharatiya Janata Party's first rally in Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted the party's campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections on Saturday.

Addressing the rally, PM Modi assured the people of Delhi of 24 hours supply of electricity. "We want to make Delhi free from generators. When that happens, Delhi will also be free from the polluted air," said the PM.

He also assured people that if BJP comes to power in the state, the party would introduce a system where the people will be able to select their own discom operators in the state.

Relating with the people on a personal level, Modi said that he hopes to provide every slum dweller of Delhi a house of his own by 2022. "This wish if fulfilled would coincide with India completing 75 years of Independence," he said.

Criticising the Congress for ignoring the plight of the poor, he said that the previous government had no will to work for the people. Citing the Jan Dhan Yojana as an example, the PM said that it was very evident who was working for the poor and who was for the rich. "I feel proud in saying that around 11 crore people have opened bank accounts till January 10 under the Jan Dhan Yojana," said an elated Modi.

He also trained guns at Aam Aadmi party chief Arvind Kejriwal saying that an anarchist cannot run the government. "Have you ever seen a politician who calls himself an anarchist" he questioned. Mocking AAP, he said, "those who have a mastery in sitting on dharnas should be given that work. While those who can run a good government should be given that duty. They can do dharnas and let us handle governance."

He also urged the people of Delhi to teach the AAP a lesson for wasting their votes and "wasting one year by resigning mid-way". He on the other hand promises to bring an end to policy paralysis.

Modi in his speech spoke about corruption claiming that it had ruined the nation. Expressing an urgent need to do away with the evil practice, he said, "I have started taking action against corruption from the top and gradually will reach to the lower end as well."