LUCKNOW: Confident Modi while stepping up the election campaign in UP at the concluding rally of the eight in series invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and reminded the party workers primarily what Vajpayee used to say that the road to New Delhi goes from Lucknow.Concluding the first phase of his election campaign in UP, Modi while lambasting "Netaji" for the lopsided development in the state however, refrained from making sharp attacks on Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party as he had done in the previous seven rallies. Once again taking Mulayam head on, Modi said that Netaji again challenged him."However, I am happy that Netaji has at least conceded defeat in terms of pulling crowds as he himself said in today's rally that don't compete in terms of rally crowd." Not only this, he has also accepted the fact that politics of development would be the mainstay, Modi said and added: "I have been exhorting the politicians to shun votebank politics and indulge in politics of development. At least now, Netaji is competing with me on development politics as he said that Modi should compete with him on development politics."Though addressing not a very impressive crowd, Modi, while remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in obvioius hint towards maximum number of 80 MPs from the state said that what Atal ji used to say that the road to New Delhi goes from Lucknow carried lot of weight.BJP had maximum of 58 MPs in 1998 while two others including Kalpanath Rai from Ghosi and Maneka Gandhi from Pilibhit had also won in the same year on BJP's symbol taking the total tally up to 60. However, in 1999 it was more because of Kargil war than Atal's appeal that BJP came down to 25 MPs. Unfortunately, the BJP's tally came down to 10 MPs both in 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha election.Modi probably aware of the fact that to acheive his mission of 272 plus would have to ensure that BJP performs in UP. Almost all the opinion polls in the state have been consistent on one point that the BJP's tally would improve in the coming Lok Sabha election. Probably all this in mind, Modi also took on Samajwadi Party government for poor law and order and said that huge number of riots have taken place right under the nose of Mulayam Singh Yadav.What has happened to UP, Modi said while expressing shock and recited a couplet - Hum bhi wahin hain tum bhi wahi ho, badalta hai rang aasmaan kaise kaise - to prove his point.He also hit out at SP government for MBBS students being beaten up by the police in Kanpur. "The country will not accept politics of goodaism," Modi warned.