Modi’s first address post win: ‘Victory credit goes to people of India’

Vadodara: Narendra Modi addressed a victory rally in Vadodara on Friday after the historic win in Lok Sabha Elections 2014. Modi contested election from Vadodara. He thanked voters for the thumping victory of BJP. He thanked people of Vadodara for his record victory from this constituency. Modi said: "People of Vadodara have shown way forward and I am aware of your problems". Talking about Varanasi, Modi commented: “I was not allowed to talk to my voters in Varanasi but people have given support to my silence”. Modi reiterated that his government will try to take along all parties for the growth and development of India. Government belongs to common man not to just few people, Modi said as he presented a vision for India. As the cheers grew louder, Modi said: "Every atom of his body, every second of my day is dedicated to 125 crore Indians". In a gracious 45-minute victory speech here, Modi said the government does not belong to any particular party but to all the people of the country. "For a government, no one is a favourite, nor is anyone an alien," he asserted to a cheering crowd of supporters whom he thanked for giving him a victory by 5.70 lakh votes. Committing himself to running the country in the best spririt of the Constitution, Modi said, "my responsibility is to take everyone along in running the nation." "In a democracy, there are no enemies but only competitors. That competition ends with elections," he said, adding his motto is "sabka sath, sabka vikas' (with all, development for all). Narendra Modi has not only accomplished mission 272+ but he has done this is great style. 'Abki baar Modi Sarkaar' has now become a reality. The party is set to win 281 seats on its own, nine more than the majority mark - which means that it could have formed government even without its pre-poll allies. Together with its allies in the National Democratic Alliance, it will win more than 330 seats, which will ensure that it needs no post-poll allies to help form a stable government. This is biggest mandate for a party since 1984. Congress party has suffered its worst seat tally in India's election history. Speaking to media, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that this marks an 'epochal moment in the history of India' Meanwhile BJP President Rajnath Singh congratulated party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over the party's performance in Lok Sabha Elections.