“That is why I say the nation needs a leader. Dr. Manmohan Singh has not even visited all the states in the five years of his prime ministership, while Advaniji is a leader who has, at some point in time, spent a night in our 400 districts.”

—  Narendra Modi

2009, "The nation is waiting for a strong, experienced leader", 2009

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