"Fortunate my campaign has begun from Jammu and Kashmi... this morning I bowed to Mata Vaishno Devi, now I bow to the people," the BJP prime ministerial candidate said at the first 'Bharat Vijay Rally' at Hiranagar in Jammu district.
The rally is the first of the 185 such rallies that Modi will address across the country.
"I am moved with love given by you (people of Jammu and Kahsmir. I bow before you. I thank you for love given by you. I promise you that I will repay with interests the love you have ushered on me by ensuring development of the state," he said.
Modi, without naming any party, said the country should be made free of personality and dynastic rule.
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"We should make the country suicide free in terms of farmers, who have committed suicide in the country. We have to free the country for personality and dynastic rule," the Gujarat Chief Minister said.
BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on March 24 had announced that Modi will address 185 Bharat Vijay rallies in 295 constituencies.