"You (people) don't need those who play politics of casteism and nepotism. You have filled everyone's pocket but has your pocket been filled.
"My dear youths, nepotism and poison of casteism will not help in development. Support politics of 'visasvad' (development). I am here to urge you to bless me with your support as you have done earlier (in Lok Sabha polls)," he said at a public meeting in an apparent attack on the main opposition parties in the state without naming them.
In a speech delivered after laying foundation stone for an AIIMS and revival of a sick fertiliser plant, Modi skipped any reference to the raging controversy stoked by one of his party leader's attack on Mayawati or the violence against Dalits in Gujarat.
He focused his speech on his efforts to boost state's development.
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The Prime Minister also accused the state's Samajwadi Party government of being unable to spend the central fund for the state's health sector and asked people to choose a government next year which could run for them like him.
"The government which cannot work for the health doesn't deserve to continue," he added.
The Prime Minister said the revival of the fertiliser plant is going to bring a big change as gas-based economy will start with supply of gas in Gorakhpur through Jagdishpur-Haldia pipeline.
"The gas being brought by the pipeline for the factory will go to every household in Gorakhpur and in a same way water is supplied through pipe. If electricity and gas are provided, then industrialists line up. It is a beginning of an industrial revolution in the eastern UP.
Modi said they used to import urea and other fertilisers while plants remained closed in India.
His government, he said, has decide to revive closed plants and noted that most of them, like in Sindri and Barauni, were in eastern part of the country, which needed to be strengthened if India was to develop.
Modi said the chariot of development can run only when both the wheels were balanced and strong.
"One wheel is of eastern India and another one is of western states. If only one is strong, the development chariot will not move at a high speed," he said.
He said that after taking over as Prime Minister, he stopped black marketing of urea and this was the reason farmers were no longer required to face batons to get urea.
"But I can proudly say that in past 1.5 years, I did not get any letter from CMs for fertiliser as we have checked its black marketing and initiated ways to check their use by chemical factories by using neem coating. Now its easily available in the market", he said.
"In future, we will not import urea but are also making plans to make urea in foreign countries and bring it here", he said.
"You have made a government at Centre, which believes in working. The credit goes to you all. If you elect a government keeping in mind your interests, the government also keep in mind you interests and works on it," he said.
Modi said his party was making efforts to chalk out a strategy for urea production so that there was no need to import it.
He noted that for the first time the government has been able to reduce the price of urea.
"If price of vegetables or tomatoes increase, then in 24 hours people are ready to criticise the government. But when prices of important things reduce or important decisions are taken nobody is ready to speak about that," he said.
"Today, I am feeling happy to share with you that due to policies of our government and for the benefit of farmers, we have been able to reduce cost of DAP fertiliser by Rs 2,500 per tonne. Before this no government thought about providing fertiliser at such cheap rates. This is the first government which thought in this direction."
Modi said that despite impact on financial resources due to drought, his government has been able to ensure payment of 93 per cent cane farmers.
He said when the Centre has done so much, why is the state government holding on to payment to the rest seven per cent.
Terming the revival of Gorakhpur fertiliser plant as a big
change, Modi said after this the economy of the region would become 'gas-based'.
The PM said that an industrial revolution would start in eastern UP.
"It is not a scheme for a factory. With this foundation of a 'vikas yatra' has been launched which will defeat poverty, unemployment and destruction," he said.
Referring to AIIMS, he said, "AIIMS is considered as a standard in our country. Whether it should be only for the people of Delhi. Whether it should not be brothers and sisters of UP. A 750-bed AIIMs will be set up with a cost of more than Rs 1,000 crore."
"The children and mothers, who were left for some reason, are being immunised under Mission Indradhanush," he said.
Pointing towards immense possibilities of tourism, agriculture and industrial policy in the region, he said the government was giving emphasis on construction of roads on a largescale.