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Gujarat's 'development' touches select few: PM
Sunday December 09, 2012 02:56:07 PM,
IANS
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Vansada (Gujarat): Faulting the BJP government in Gujarat for failing to sustain
balanced growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Sunday that
the state's development had benefited only a few.
Addressing an election rally, Manmohan Singh said: "The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) government has proved to be incompetent. The
fruits of development have not trickled down."
He said Gujarat could only claim to be a developed state today
because of the industrialization policy of the Congress government
in the 1970s.
"Gujarat's development is only for a few people, large sections
are untouched by it. The state government has failed to balance
development," he said.
The prime minister said that on the human development index,
Gujarat was ranked 18th of the 20 main states in India.
"It is sad that 41 percent of women in Gujarat are malnourished
and 55 percent in 15-50 years of age group are anaemic. A big
chunk of children don't complete primary and upper primary
education in rural Gujarat," he said.
He said Congress-ruled states were doing much better.
"Central schemes like rural health mission, rural employment
guarantee scheme and others have brought development in
Congress-ruled states," the prime minister said.
Appealing to people to vote for the Congress, Manmohan Singh said:
"The benefits of central government schemes are not reaching the
people of Gujarat.
"We will ensure overall development of the state and
implementation of central government schemes if the Congress is
voted to power."
Gujarat goes to the polls Dec 13 and 17. Results will be declared
Dec 20.
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