Live reporting: Modi addresses Chennai rally

12:06 pm: Rs 200 cr siphoned off in the name of cleaning up Loktak lake, this is comparable to the scam in Ganga cleaning project : Modi

12:05 pm: Youths in Northeast are resorting to drugs becaue of lack of employment opportunities. The leaders of ruling party here are neck deep in corruption: Modi

12 noon: Because of terrorism, infiltration, our lives in Northeast are not safe. Manipur has seen some of the worst governments of Congress. Even pregnant women were killed in fake encounters : Modi

11:58 am:  There are eight sisters in the North-east now, including Sikkim. They are the "Ashta Lakshmi" (eight Lakshmis). It would be better if the Ashta Lakshmi gets the lotus to sit on.  (referring to BJP symbol Lotus)

11:56 am: Modi reminds it was Prime Minister Vajpayee who allocated 10 per cent  of expenditure on development of North East.