We are for the poor, India will develop if UP farmers are well-off : PM Modi at UP rallies

While addressing two election rallies at Barabanki and Hardoi, Modi, who lambasted the Samajwadi Party Government for doing "nothing" for the state, also made corruption and law and order issues for his campaign in favour of the BJP.

"Poor would be empowered when we eliminate corruption from society...Our Govt is for the poor, the underprivileged, the marginalized, the farmers," he said at a rally at Barabanki.

"The meaning of deveopment is - irrigation for farmers, education for children, earning for youth and medicines for elderly," Modi said.

"India will progress only after the upliftment of the farmers of UP...the SP Government is anti-farmer; Centre allotted funds but why is it that farmers in the state are not benefited?," he said.

Earlier, while sepaking at a rally at Hardoi, the PM said, "development of India depends on the development of Uttar Pradesh, but neither the SP nor the Congress or BSP thought about the state's development."

"Agar Uttar Pradesh, Bihar se gareebi gayi to maan lijiye Hindustan se gareebi gayi (If poverty can be removed from Uttar Ptadesh and Bihar, it is gone from India)," he said.

"Be it Congress, Samajwadi Party or BSP, no one thought about the development of Uttar Pradesh," Modi alleged.

He also said that farmers in UP are not getting minimum support price of their crops

Assailing Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav for "doing nothing" for farmers in this largely agrarian state, the PM said only 14 per cent peasants of the state get the benefits of Bima Yojna for which the funding comes from the Centre.

"If we come to power in UP, the first thing we will do is waive the debts of farmers," he promised.

"Uttar Pradesh will progress only when SP & Congress are removed; I urge people in UP to elect a BJP Govt devoted to development," Modi said.

Training his gun on the SP for the alleged deteriorating law and order situation in UP, Modi said the state has the record of maximum number of rapes and murders in the country.

"UP alone registers 50 per cent cases related to Arms act. If unregistered cases are included no other state will even be at 100th position," he said

"Situation in UP due to the failure of state government is such that we need to work to overcome this."

Modi said, "Lord Krishna was born in UP but made Gujarat his workplace. I was born in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh adopted me. UP is like my parents and i am not a son who will leave his parents."