"They (Congress and their allies) have destroyed the country for the past 60 years and I have come to you to give me 60 months so that I can bring the country out of the damage and destruction caused by Congress," he said at a public rally here today.
Modi said he sought this time not to merely sit on the chair of power, but to become a "chowkidar" or guardian of the country.
Harping on development, Modi said his policy plans, ideology and work revolve around development as nothing can be done without it.
Taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi for terming Congress as an ideology, he said, "but Congress has fallen into a deep rethinking on how to contain Modi. I want to tell Shehzada that country has been destroyed due to your ideology. It does not have the strength to bear the burden of your ideology".
"Was the ideology of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee correct or that of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah," Modi asked.