Family-run parties biggest threat to India's democracy: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that women across the country had become the biggest group of silent supporters that keep voting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) back into power. In his first address after the BJP's victory in Bihar elections and various bypolls, Modi said that women-centric schemes and programmes launched by the NDA government ensured support for them in all elections across the country.

"I saw many people on television and in newspapers talk about 'silent voters'. The echo of these 'silent voters' must be ringing in everyone's ears today…Women have become the biggest group of silent supporters of the BJP," he said.

Asserting the work done towards protecting women in NDA-led states, the prime minister said that the poll results had made it clear that people will now support only those who work honestly for development.