Secunderabad, May 10 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed his deep gratitude to the Telangana people, noting that they supported the BJP during its toughest years in national politics.

Addressing a massive public gathering in Secunderabad, PM Modi highlighted how Telangana played a pivotal role in the BJP's journey from a two-MP party to its current dominance.

"Telangana is the land that gave us an MP when the BJP had only two MPs in the whole country... When the BJP did not have any support across the nation, even then, the BJP used to get Telangana's support. Now almost half of the MPs here are from the BJP... I have full faith in the people of Telangana and the state's BJP workers, that 'Agli Baar, Prachand Bahumat Se,...