No development in Gujarat : Shankersinh Vaghela

Senior Gujarat Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela today tore into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of making Gujarat a developed state during his chief ministership and alleged that no development has taken place there.

Vaghela, who is the Gujarat Leader of Opposition, said “Gujarat model (of Narendra Modi) is not right … No development has taken place in the state. It is just marketing because of which Gujarat seems to be better placed,”

Continuing his attack, Vaghela, a former chief minister of Gujarat himself, said “Wherever he (Modi) goes, people talk about Gujarat model of development. But the fact remains that BJP has been in power for past 20 years in Gujarat but why are farmers, businessmen committing suicide? Why women are feeling unsafe in the state where incidents of snatching of mangalsutras have become the order of the day?

“More than 60,000 small industries have been closed (in Gujarat)… Is it a development?” he asked.

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