PM Modi in Basti: 'Women in UP do not feel safe stepping out of houses after dusk'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed a rally in Basti ahead of the polling in fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party government, saying because of the worse law and order situation in the state, the women do not feel safe to step out of their houses after dusk.

Earlier on Thursday, PM Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich. Hitting back at Akhilesh Yadav over his donkey remarks, PM Modi said that donkeys are loyal to their masters.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had on Wednesday addressed a rally in Bahraich, where he had targetted PM Modi, saying the latter will come here to make false promises.

Here are the highlights of PM Modi's speech in Basti:

#I will keep fighting for the rights of the poor

#We want the poor to have access to affordable medication & treatment. We have reduced stent prices to benefit the poo

#Mulayam Singh had promised to start sugar mill in Basti, but he failed to do so

#Crime graph is high in Uttar Pradesh. Women do not feel safe moving out of houses after dusk. Honest citizens are harassed

#Uttar Pradesh doesn't deserve a government that is anti-farmer

#For the first time after India's independence, we have brought the most comprehensive Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

#Why does the UP government not speak about protecting interests of sugarcane farmers in the state? Why farmers face so much trouble

#UP government must answer what they did for welfare of the state in last five years. People have the right to know

#PM Modi addresses Vijay Shankhnad Rally in Uttar Pradesh's Basti

Here are the highlights of PM Modi's speech in Bahraich:

#Our aim is - Irrigation for farmers, education for children, earning for youths and medicine for old-aged people

#Our fight is against corruption and holders of black money. Protection of the rights of small and medium traders is our responsibility

#The youth of the state are migrating because their is no employment opportunities for them here

#They don't have the right to form government in Uttar Pradesh

#They chant slogans of Gayatri Prajapati, who is facing serious allegations, during election campaigns

#The Saryu project will be completed after BJP forms govt in the state. This will benefit the farmers of Bahraich

#MLAs of your party are accused in heinous crimes & Akhilesh ji you are asking for votes in their names! UP doesn't deserve such a govt

#People do not trust the law and order in Uttar Pradesh, women feel unsafe while stepping out of their homes even in broad daylight

#UP will celebrate the victorious Holi this year

#Akhilesh was afraid of donkeys of Gujarat; donkeys are loyal to their masters

#Congress had issued stamps in the name of donkeys when they were in power, and you have joined hands with them

#Akhilesh ji you hate donkeys of Gujarat, which is known for Lord Krishna, Dayanand and Sardar Patel

#Why is it that sugarcane farmers in UP face so many troubles? Why their dues aren't settled

#Now Akhilesh is seeing casteism in animals too, I wonder their mindset

#Donkeys are loyal to their masters

#UP govt had pressed govt machineries to find out buffaloes

#Congress who used to chant '27 saal UP behaal' has now joined hands with those who have ruined the state

#Akhilesh says the alliance with Congress was a big-hearted decision, but it was a hard-hearted one

#The Akhilesh Yadav govt has failed to fulfil its promises

#People have voted in favour of BJP in third phase of UP polls

#Congress has been completely sidelined by the people. From nowhere news about their win comes

#I didn't get a chance to visit Bahraich last time, but this time it is wave, the 'wave of BJP'

#Today, entire Uttar Pradesh is united to make BJP win

#1:50 PM: PM Modi begins his speech in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich

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