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Tuesday, he launches the Vivekananda Yuva Vikas yatra from this pilgrimage town in Mehsana district. The yatra will end at Sanand, home to Tata Motors’ Nano car, by evening.
The paanch-ka-pachees remark landed Modi in a bit of trouble with the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) calling for the exact text of his speech. The state intelligence branch headed by retired DGP R B Sreekumar in 2002 had prepared a report with a remark that the speeches were inflammatory and hurt the feelings of the minority community and sent it to the NCM on September 13, 2002. Four days later, Sreekumar was transferred out of the intelligence branch.
In March 2010, the Supreme Court-appointed SIT, in its marathon session questioning Modi while investigating charges made by Zakia Jafri against the CM Modi and 61 others, had reproduced the text of his Becharaji speech of 2002 and asked Modi if he was referring to Muslims.
Modi had told the investigators his speech did not refer to any particular religion or community. “This was a political speech in which I tried to point out the increasing population of India,” Modi had told SIT, adding that his speech had been distorted by “interested elements”. He had also said that “no riots or tension took place after my election speech”.
Even the SIT, at one point, was divided on the implications of this speech. DIG A K Malhotra, who carried out preliminary investigations on Jafri’s complaint, noted, “The explanation given by Modi is unconvincing and it definitely hinted at the growing minority population.”
However, SIT chief R K Raghavan, in his final report in April this year, cleared Modi and said, “No criminality has come on record in aspect of the allegation.”
Ten years later, Maruti Suzuki is setting up its third car plant at Hansalpur, less than two kms from Becharaji, known for the deity by the same name who is revered especially by eunuchs.
Modi’s yatra, on its first day, will cover Modhera, Kadi, Chanasma and end at Sanand. The month-long yatra is expected to cover 125 Assembly constituencies.
MODI IS LEADING ROLE FOR YOUTH GENERATION. MODI IS SYMBOL FOR YOUTH. WE HAVE LOT RESPECT FOR MODI. NOW A DAYS MODI IS THE TOPIC FOR ALL, NOT IN INDIA BUT OUT SIDE INDIA.IT SEEMS THAT HE HAS SOMETHING WHICH NO ONE HAVE.... BE PROUD TO BE GUJARAT BECAUSE OF MODI... WE ARE FOLLOWERS OF MODI AND ALWAYS BE WITH HIM.... GO MODI GO
This congress paid tattu is putting all imaginary data in his comment under different idiotic names. modi ke sivay kon hai jo gujarat ka cm banega? Congress leaderdship in gujarst is gang of hyenas, who flee away when lion modi roars. Plz tattu fokat ki mehnat mat kar ye faltu comments karke...even rahul gandhi is afraid to campaign in gujarat this time....
Modi - the only politician who has left his home for the sake of country... His family still lives in lower middle class situations... Can you imagine brother of a chief minister working as a clerk level govt. employee? We need 29 CMs like him and 1 PM like him.. and thats it.. No one can stop India...
Funny that you mention 'Paanch ka pachchis' statement by Modi. How about a recent statement by Tarun Gogoi, a Congress CM, which has exactly the same meaning? You can remember a 10 year statement in a totally unrelated news story but no mention of the very recent statement.
modi gujarat ke logo ko luta raha he
In Gujarat, the percentage of women suffering from anaemia has risen from 46.3% in 1999 to 55.5% in 2004, and amongst children from 74.5% to 80.1%. The conditions of dalits and women have deteriorated during the last decade; while those of Muslims and tribals are still worse.
It is found that inequality with respect to income, education and health is higher in Gujarat than some of the major states. Shockingly, in terms of hunger - as revealed by the 'State Hunger Index 2008' - Gujarat ranked 13th among 17 big states and worse than Orissa.
Thus, Gujarat's growth story as claimed by Modi is more a myth than reality. But it is also imperative that other states in the country make concerted efforts to secure higher and also inclusive growth, rather than getting enamoured with the Gujarat growth story. Also, for the people of Gujarat, it's time for introspection and putting right efforts in the direction of making Gujarat a truly "vibrant" state.
As per your advice, we Gujaratis have carried out the introspection and come to the conclusion that Gujarat is a 'truly' vibrant state with all inclusive development in all sectors. All communities are by and large living peacefully and happily. Thank you for your concern.
Did the editor make a mistake ? There is no correlation between the headline and the content of the article. The headline is about Modi's campaigning, but the content is the usual anti-Modi spiel that is being chruned out by the Mainstream media since last ten years.
Welcome back to India! It seems you have spent last 10 years outside India without keeping in touch with local news. My friend, this is the only way media has portrayed Modi. If ever they have to write a report on something good in Gujarat, they have to mention 2002 and Modi's 'involvement' in the 'genocide'. I would have thought the people in the media would know the meaning and seriousness of the word 'Genocide'.
The fact of the matter is they breed like rabbits!
In the area of credit-deposit ratio, Gujarat is far behind other major states. In 2010, Gujarat's share in total deposits of the scheduled commercial banks was 4.70%, as against 5.42%, 6.20%, 6.34% and 26.60% for Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra, respectively. The share of Gujarat in total credit disbursed by these commercial banks was 4.22%; while the same for Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tami Nadu was 29.75%, 6.71% and 9.61% respectively.
.In FDI, too, Gujarat has not been a leading state. During 2006-10, Gujarat signed MoUs worth Rs 5.35 lakh crore with potential of 6.47 lakh jobs. But Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with Rs 4.20 lakh crore and Rs 1.63 lakh crore worth MoUs, expect about 8.63 lakh and 13.09 lakh jobs. To top it all, Chhattisgarh and Orissa have signed MoUs worth Rs 3.61 lakh crore and Rs 2.99 lakh crore more than Gujarat without much fanfare and Modi's much-hyped industrial summits.
.In FDI, too, Gujarat has not been a leading state. During 2006-10, Gujarat signed MoUs worth Rs 5.35 lakh crore with potential of 6.47 lakh jobs. But Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with Rs 4.20 lakh crore and Rs 1.63 lakh crore worth MoUs, expect about 8.63 lakh and 13.09 lakh jobs. To top it all, Chhattisgarh and Orissa have signed MoUs worth Rs 3.61 lakh crore and Rs 2.99 lakh crore more than Gujarat without much fanfare and Modi's much-hyped industrial summits.
During 2001-04, the rate of industrial growth for Gujarat was 3.95%, and during 2005-09, it was 12.65%. In isolation, this appears to be a phenomenal jump, but not so when compared to some other states. During these sub-periods, industrial growth for Orissa was 6.4% and 17.53%; for Chhattisgarh 8.10% and 13.3%; and for Uttarakhand 18.84% and 11.63%. Thus, the hitherto industrially backward states have far surpassed Gujarat
During 1995-2000 and 2001-10, Gujarat increased its annual rate of growth from 8.01% to 8.68%. But so is the case with other major states such as Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. In fact, Gujarat was ranked second after Rajasthan (8.34%) in the first period and third after Uttarakhand (11.81%) and Haryana (8.95%) in the second period. What is remarkable, Bihar and Orissa, the two most backward and poverty-stricken states, have also shown growth pick up from 4.70% and 4.42% in the first period to 8.02% and 8.13% in the second period. Even smaller states like Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh have registered growth of 11.01% and 8.96%, respectively.
For the last several years, Modi has been successful in projecting his "vibrant Gujarat" as a role model of economic growth and himself as ''Vikas Purush". Though one must give due credit to Modi for his effective skills in making projections, one must also critically analyse this "growth story of Gujarat" based on facts and figures. Regretfully, as one examines the facts since Modi came to power in Gujarat in 2001, the story appears to be hollow and, at times, contrary to what is being projected.
Assam is going to be an another Muslim country. Congress has filled Assam with illegal Bangladeshis and provided all the documents as a proof. There are only one country with Hindu majorities is India. Where will we go ?
