Ahmedabad
\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing it of strangulating state\u2019s growth even as he claimed that the country\u2019s economy had \u201ccome back on the right track\u201d after the BJP government came to power at the Centre.<\/p>\n
Addressing a series of meetings at Ghogha, Dahej and Vadodara during his day-long visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Modi said the previous Congress governments had \u201climited vision\u201d and \u201chatred for development\u201d.<\/p>\n
Modi inaugurated the first phase of the \u201cGhogha-Dahej roll-on, roll-off (Ro-Ro) ferry service\u201d at Ghogha in Bhavnagar district, linking the Saurashtra region with south Gujarat through the sea route, and dedicated to the nation a cattle feed project in Bhavnagar, besides inaugurating a number of schemes of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation, worth over Rs 1,140 crore in all.<\/p>\n
Pointing out the hurdles faced in the development of the Alang ship-breaking yard, the biggest of its kind in Asia, off the Bhavnagar coast, Modi claimed that subsequent Congress regimes at the Centre had tried to block Gujarat\u2019s progress in the name of \u201cenvironmental protection\u201d.<\/p>\n
He said he first heard about the Ghogha-Dahej ferry service as a child. \u201cThe Congress governments formulated a policy in such a way that if I (as CM) had not changed the rules in 2012, the dream would never have been realised.\u201d<\/p>\n
The then Congress government had left it to a private ferry service operator to develop terminals at both ends and undertake dredging and other operational measures. \u201cWhy should anyone be interested in such a project?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA project, which had the potential to change the face of both the Saurashtra region and south Gujarat by shortening the 360-km distance to mere 31 km, couldn\u2019t see the light of the day because of this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Modi claimed the Congress governments had framed rules for dairy development in such a way that cooperative dairies could never come up in the entire Kutch-Saurashtra region. \u201cThe BJP government changed the rules allowing farmers in the region to earn additional income from animal husbandry,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n
He accused ex-PM Jawaharlal Nehru of blocking the Narmada dam project and trying to hinder the reconstruction of the Somnath temple. The PM said plans were afoot to expand the Ghogha-Dahej ferry service to Hazira in Surat and later take it all the way to Mumbai. At Dahej, Modi said the fundamentals of the economy were strong and in the right direction. Allaying apprehensions that demonetisation and the GST had retarded growth, Modi claimed that nation\u2019s forex reserves had risen from $30,000 crore to $40,000 crore. \u201cMany economists are saying that fundamentals of country\u2019s economy are strong,\u201d he said, adding his government had initiated several steps to prop up the economy and would continue with its endeavour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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