India, July 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of rail and road infrastructure projects worth Rs.5,470 crore in Jalandhar, telling a public gathering later that the Centre would continue to push development in Punjab even though his party is not in power in the state.

"Although BJP is not in power in Punjab, the Centre is leaving no stone unturned to ensure the state's development," Modi said at a rally in Jalandhar, as pre news agenct PTI. "Only the BJP can bring real change in Punjab," he added.

He claimed that only the BJP, which has never held power on its own in the Sikh-majority state, will work to make Punjab developed and self-reliant: "New investments will come to Punjab, new ...