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{/googleAds} Vote bank politics had done enough harm and all the parties were promoting it, undermining national interests, he said.

Modi was addressing a mammoth rally christened Vijay Shankhnaad rally at Kothi Meena Bazar ground Thursday afternoon.

The riot-accused MLAs from Muzaffarnagar were felicitated much before Modi came. 'It was a very low-key affair, perhaps in response to wide criticism, more a formality gone through hurriedly,' said an activist Shravan Kumar Singh, who had been waiting since morning to hear Modi.

The media and the big gathering of IT professionals and social sites specialists, kept discussing the size of the rally and the crowd. Old timers said this was the biggest rally on this ground which had seen several rallies of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and even Kansi Ram.

In his 40 minute speech Modi touched on several local issues which made it amply clear that he had done his homework thoroughly.

Tourism, Modi said had great potential. The industry could bring in three billion dollars in a couple of years, but Agra 'sadly does not stand to benefit. They can have an airport in a village (Sefai) but not in Agra which deserves an international airport.'

The priorities of the state and the central governments are distorted. 'Agra which has the Yamuna river, suffers from shortage of drinking water. Perpetual power crisis affects industrial growth.'

In Gujarat we do not have too many rivers, but extensive pipeline network ensures everyone gets adequate water. 'The pipelines are big enough, my friend Akhilesh with his family can go in a car through the pipeline which extends to the border and desert areas. Why cant they do it in UP? he asked.

Narendra Modi said the Agra region was known for potato cultivation, but farmers producing potatoes suffer uncertainties and incur huge losses, for want of a clear policy by the state government.

The country looked lost and directionless because the Congress has all along played vote bank politics. 'Even smaller parties have been infected by the bug.'

India is not a poor nation. In fact our country is the youngest with almost 65 percent population of youth, but the unemployment problem still begs an answer.

The poor do not have power but special people have 24x7 power supply. 'Due to coal scam and corruption the power units are closed.'

Modi said family rule was another major problem affecting the polity.

To save the country from disaster, change the regimes at the centre and in the states, Modi appealed.

BJP president Raj Nath Singh who arrived at the fag end of the rally, spoke at length about the misdeeds of the Samajwadi Party.

Amit Shah who was present on the dais, refused to interact with the reporters last evening and today.