Give BJP majority in Maharashtra; coalition era over: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people of Maharashtra today, to give a clear mandate to the BJP, saying that the era of coalition is over.
A BJP government in Delhi and a BJP government in Maharashtra also, will be a good and compatible combination, he said.
"Give me a clear majority and I will return to Gondia after five years to list the achievements of developing Gondia and Maharashtra," Modi said, speaking at Indira Gandhi Stadium in the city here today.
"If you want development, a single party rule is necessary for good governance," Modi said.
Citing the examples of neighbouring Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Modi said that the BJP enjoys absolute majority which enabled development work.

He said that tribals in Chhattisgarh are more happy and content than their neighbours in Maharashtra who have all along been ignored by the Congress-NCP government.

Modi said that the entire world has realised that the Indian government is a stable one due to one-party BJP rule.
Launching a scathing attack on the erstwhile Congress-NCP government which ruled Maharashtra for 15 years, Modi said that both the parties virtually robbed the state not only of money, but also its glory.
"When it realised that the alliance is a sinking ship, the NCP jumped out of the coalition," he said.
Ridiculing the style of functioning of then Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan, Modi ridiculed him saying, "He was so scared of me that he refused to share the dais with me," in an obvious reference to Chavan refusing to attend the Metro Rail project launch in Nagpur recently.