Gandhinagar, 1 October 2012

Following is Leader of opposition in Gujarat assembly Shri Shaktisinh Gohil’s statement issued today:

Gujarat Chief Minister is trying to encash the name of Swami Vivekanand to attract votes as he has done no work of public welfare in the last 12 years. In his desperation he has taken course of utter lies, said Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Shaktisinh Gohil today. In fact he should focus on the problems of people. He did not think of providing Narmada water to Saurashtra nor did he work on the project to link dams. However, in this election year he is making all kinds of promises. Referring to the questions raised by former BJP stalwart Shri Keshubhai Patel, Gohil challenged Chief Minister to give reply to Patel, who did great groundwork to build BJP in Gujarat, before raising finger towards anyone. His is entire system is faulty and he is trying to accuse others even for a single faulty job. Employees recruited on fixed salary do not get adequate wages. He has challenged the verdict of “same wage for same work” of Gujarat High Court in the Supreme Court. This is the exploitation of youth of Gujarat. Even today there are areas with scanty rains, but no relief work is being done in these areas. On the other hand, he said, Chief Minister has manipulated data and cleared taluka’s of scarcity affected list. Consequently, farmers would not be able to claim crop insurance money. This would affect lakhs of farmers of Saurashtra, Kutch and North Gujarat. Farmers will not get any compensation because of delay in declaring scarcity and Chief Minister alone will be responsible for the fate of farmers. Instead of bothering about common men, he is making all kind of accusations against the Centre. Gohil challenged the Chief Minister to bring out a white paper about the money Gujarat got during NDA Rule and UPA Government. The fact is that Gujarat has got unprecedented contribution from the Congress led UPA Government. Gohil said that all have contributed to the growth of Gujarat. In 1991 Gujarat became first in growth, but none claimed for it and none discredited anyone for any failure. Chief Minister is squandering money on his publicity instead of spending it to promote welfare of youth of Gujarat farmers of Gujarat and people of Gujarat. He is taking out Vivekanand Yatra for election campaign at public expense. BJP should fund the Vivekanand Yatra.

Modi is making political speeches in rowdy language disgracing the office of Chief Minister. This is an insult not only to culture of Gujarat but also to the pride of Mahatma Gandhi’s State. Mahatma Gandhi preached politics of non violence to the entire world and here Modi is indulging in violent politics which is a blot on the state. Not only that advertisements having violence are shown through which the Chief Minister is trying to cover his inefficiencies. And that too, using public money. The Chief Minister does not give details of his lavish expenditure even through RTI. No information is given under RTI regarding wastage of public money or any of his corruption. Everyone knows what evil deeds he has done on foreign trips with his favourite industrialists. As soon as elections are over CM sticks to these favourite industrialists like chewing gums and showers huge favours on industrialists known for their self interest and greed. Dalits in state are not getting land and on the other hand Modi gives huge gaucher land to favourite industrialists without any hesitation.

Narmada water flows into the ocean but it is not used to fill dams in Saurashtra, Kutch or North Gujarat. The project has not been completed till the date. At some places this water can be supplied at very low cost but water is not given there also. For the last 12 years Chief Minister has not done any public welfare work and now he is giving promises to people.

Modi who always criticizes Centre is not at all concerned about people of the state. All the Congress ruled states have announced that they will given 3-4 more cylinders than the government quota at subsidized rates but Gujarat’s Chief Minister has not even thought of it. The ‘Ghar nu ghar’ scheme of Congress got terrific response and now Chief Minister has started spreading lies about number of houses his government gave to poor people. But according to information obtained through RTI not a single house has been allotted during his 12 year old rule. The claims made by him in his advertisements are totally false and baseless and in public life it is like “Na Bhuto na Bhavish yavati” no one has said in past and no one will say in future.

Congress party would be forced to raise questions on Chief Minister’s personal life if he does not keep control of his language stoop low in personal comments. Gohil said that language used by Chief Minister does not befit his office and warned Chief Minister against using cheap language and stooping low.