Live reporting: Modi addresses Chennai rally

2:55 pm: Modi remembers Gopinath Bordoloi, who helped Sardar Patel and stopped Assam from going to Pakistan

2:50 pm: Modi begins speech in Guwahatai

1:35 pm: Local BJP unit has organised several thousand vehicles, two special trains, 500 motorcycles and 200 cycles for the rally, says Assam BJP spokesperson Rupam Goswami.

1:30 pm: Over to Guwahati Veterinary Ground, Khanapara.  The rally venue is almost half full with spectators waiting for Modi to arrive. Enthusiasm running high, BJP leaders busy giving last minute touches. Common middle-class Assamese showing interest in what Modi has to say about Assam. A housewife says, "I have come here just to have a glimpse of Modi. He is the only one who can lead the country now".

12:36 pm: Modi ends his speech saying Bharat Mata ki Jai in Manipuri.  Takes off his crown, and leaves.