Ahmedabad, January 20: Hitting out the ruling Congress party, Narendra Modi said on Friday that the politics of vote bank must be stopped if growth and development has to take place in the country.
Against the backdrop of his Sadbhavana fast in Godhra, the Gujarat Chief Minister forcefully pointed out that it was his state which made the people aware of what the concept of ‘growth’ really was. Modi categorically said, “People only like those who work for their development.”
“Politics revolved around the issue of vote bank. It was vote bank which defined development. Everything was connected to the vote bank. Some people did benefit but the majority suffered. The vote bank was consolidated but the country suffered. This attitude of throwing crumbs at the people must be stopped,” he said without mincing his words.
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Modi emphasized that there was two types of politics – one of divide and rule and the other of everyone together for growth. He goaded the people to choose what they wanted in the long run.
“I challenge the Congress party to come to the battle field if you have any concern for the farmers of this country,” the Gujarat Chief Minister dared the government at the Centre. He added that agricultural growth in Gujarat has crossed 11 percent. He asked the centre to compare it with the national growth.
On Gujarat he said, “The state has its own identity on the world map today. Gujarat told this country what the concept of development and growth is. People did not know what growth meant. The face of the state has changed in the last 15 years.”
He went on, “When any talk of Gujarat takes place, the talk veers towards development and growth.”
—Agencies