My chopper was deliberately delayed: Modi

"Everyone knows Rae Bareli but no one knows Bareilly though this place is one of the top producers of 'manja' used to fly kites," he said.

"Bareilly has a place in the country... Bollywood songs have been written on the city and it had a place on the industrial map. But due to the wrong policies of the state and union governments, development has stopped here," he said.

Modi slammed the Akhilesh Yadav government in the state and predicted a rout for the ruling Samajwadi Party in the parliamentary election.