Delhi polls: PM Narendra Modi seeks clear majority, says BJP in Delhi will fear him and perform

NEW DELHI: With less than a week to go for polls, PM Narendra Modi cautioned voters in the capital on Sunday against delivering a fractured mandate, saying they had already lost a year which had "set the state back by 25 years". Citing the "track record" of BJP-ruled states, Modi said a BJP government in Delhi would be "afraid of Modi" and perform.

Addressing a rally in Dwarka, Modi said BJP had promptly resolved a longstanding water dispute between Delhi and Haryana. "What Congress couldn't do in years, we did within months after coming to power in Haryana. At an election rally here last year, I had promised that I would get water from Haryana. And we have resolved the issue," he said.

Hitting out at Aam Aadmi Party and Congress, he said BJP stood for development while the others had ushered in "dharna politics" and "policy paralysis". The former Gujarat CM lauded BJP chief ministers, saying, "Madhya Pradesh was called a bimaru state. But look at the work done by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. We have been voted to power for the third consecutive term. Similarly, our government has done phenomenal work in Chhattishgarh. We could do this only because we had a clear mandate."

All through his 35-minute speech, Modi made a case for absolute majority and warned voters against electing a confrontationist government - a running theme in his rallies in Delhi so far. "Give me a chance to serve you. You gave me all seven seats in the Lok Sabha elections. I'll pay you back with interest in the form of development. But if you make a government which (always) protests to remain in news and occupy TV space, it will be an impediment in the city's development," he said.