This will be BJP's best performance and Congress' worst, says Narendra Modi:

Gandhinagar: Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, today said he has served for years as a "backroom boy" in his party and so has been "closely associated with election arrangements and strategy."

His assessment for the general elections now is: "I believe that this will be the Congress's worst performance ever and the BJP's and NDA's best performance in their history." (India Votes 2014: Full Coverage)

In an interview to ANI, Mr Modi also said that strategic decision were taken by his party's top leadership. "Whether it was fighting Lok Sabha polls, the number of seats I would contest from, the decision was not taken by me. My party decided," he said. (Highlights of the interview)

He would not comment on which of the two seats - Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh or Vadodara in Gujarat - that he is contesting he would give up if elected in both, insisting that party strategy and what the people wanted would shape that decision. "Wherever I get love, I give back much more," he said, promising that, "I belong to everyone."