‘Advani has done nothing for Gandhinagar’

Chief spokesperson of Gujarat PCC Arjun Modhwadia along with AICC General Secretary B K Hariprasad also released a booklet titled “The voice of truth: The hand of Congress in the development of Gujarat” at the AICC briefing comparing the central funds to the state during the NDA and UPA regime and terming the NDA as disastrous for the western state.

“He (Advani) did not bring a single project to Gandhi Nagar. He did not contribute anything for the development of Gujarat. When he could not do anything for his constituency,how can he do anything for the country?” Modhwadia questioned. The comparative study on central funds to Gujarat during the NDA and UPA rule noted that while funds in almost all sectors were multiplied during the UPA regime,the NDA did not give sufficient funds to the state and said injustice was done to the state during the NDA term.

“Advaniji is considered political guru of Narendra Modi. We were under the impression that considering the clout of Advani,Gujarat might have benefited during the NDA regime,but after anaylsing the information,we have found otherwise,” Modhwadia said.

The information collected through RTI said that while the allocation of central funds to agriculture and co-operation was Rs 280.44 crore during the NDA regime,it rose to Rs 1514.53 during the UPA rule. Similarly,for rural development Rs 2024.68 crore was allocated during NDA term while Rs 3628.22 crore was allocated during the UPA regime.

The booklet,to be distributed in entire Gujarat by Congress in the run-up to the polls,said that while the total allocation during the NDA rule from 2000 to 2004 was Rs 25,935.10 crore,it rose to Rs 59,989 crore during the UPA regime.

Modhwadia alleged that the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate recently presented a group called “Team Advani” and pointed out that the saffron party has given tickets to five of them who were involved in scams.

“We call them the “Gang Advani” as they have scamsters in the team,” said the Gujarat leader. He referred to the candidature of C R Patil,Darshana Ben,Deepak Sathi,Prabhatsinh Chauhan and Bhavsinh Rathore in the elections alleging that all of them had a criminal past and were involved in one scam or the other.