From Nanoland, Narendra Modi launched a direct attack on Sonia Gandhi and challenged her to compare development in Gujarat with the lack of it in Rae Bareli and Amethi.
CM offers a Gujarat development tour to Sonia
From Nanoland, Narendra Modi launched a direct attack on Sonia Gandhi and challenged her to compare development in Gujarat with the lack of it in Rae Bareli and Amethi. He also invited her on an all expenses paid ‘development tour’ of Gujarat villages.
“Soniaben is coming to Gujarat next week,” Modi said while speaking at a public meeting on Tuesday evening. “I request her to stay for a week and travel and see for herself the good roads and development in Gujarat. We will play a good host and, if Congress is not ready to put her up, we will do that.”
Ridiculing the lack of development in Gandhi family’s pocketborough constituencies, he assured Sonia that she will be able to communicate with her family in Italy via video-conferencing from any village in Gujarat.
“Soniaben, you and your family ruled Amethi and Rae Bareli for 50 years but, if you haven’t been able to develop your constituencies, what development will you bring to the country?” asked Modi. The crowd responded with applause and laughter.
Meanwhile, steering a different strategy, the BJP started reaching out to the chairpersons and secretaries of various housing societies in the posh Satellite area of the city to ensure a good turnout of elite voters in its favour.
Patel claims UPA has funded Gujarat’s development
Deflating Narendra Modi’s claims about seamless development in Gujarat, Congress’ Ahmed Patel retorted that Gujarat has indeed developed in recent years but, first, as the development has been funded by money granted by the UPA government, Modi should not take credit for it; and, second, the benefits have certainly not penetrated to the villages.
Refuting Modi’s strident projections of inclusive rural development as “lies”, Patel categorically said, “Go and ask the villagers whether they are happy with ‘Vibrant’ Gujarat? What is the ground reality? There are so many problems. During the last parliamentary elections, they came out with the ‘India Shining’ campaign. What was the ground reality of India Shining?” Patel said in an exclusive interview with DNA.
“I have never said there was no development in Gujarat. What I am saying is that if Modi says that he has done everything and no one else has done anything, it is absolutely wrong. The Central government has funded the schemes under which roads and other infrastructure have been developed,” he said.
Addressing an election rally in Bharuch, Patel said, “The top echelons of society have got richer, while the poor have got poorer. Gujarat’s debt burden has increased since Modi came to power.”
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