PM Narendra Modi pauses his North East victory speech mid way for Azaan

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paused his speech for Azaan during his visit to the new BJP central office after party's stunning victory in Tripura.

Prime Minister @narendramodi pauses his speech mid way at BJP Headquarters for Azaan.

— ABP News (@abpnewstv) March 3, 2018

Soon after he began his speech, Modi told the gathering of enthusiastic party workers that he was pausing for 'azaan', the Muslim call to the faithful for prayer, audible from a mosque. He resumed his speech later with slogans of "Bharat Mata ki Jai." Modi also asked the assembled gathering to observe silence in memory of party workers who had lost their lives in political violence in Tripura and other Left-ruled states. "Many workers have laid down their lives. Only due to their ideology, our innocent workers have been killed. But the poorest of poor and illeterate have given answer to that with their vote," Modi said.

Northeast people always felt that Delhi is far away from them, BJP has brought Delhi to their doorsteps: PM @narendramodi — ABP News (@abpnewstv) March 3, 2018

The #Northeast has today come forward to lead India on the path to development: PM @narendramodi — ABP News (@abpnewstv) March 3, 2018

While the BJP scored an emphatic victory in Tripura, it improved its performance in Nagaland and Meghalaya.