- Neither Kejriwal nor Modi have faith in democracy, they are fascists and damaging the country: Gehlott
- No bigger proof of govt’s ‘inefficiency’ than change of CMs, entire cabinet: Manish Tewari
- Gujarat’s debt stood at Rs 2.98 lakh crore and its unemployment rate for youth in the 20-24 age group is 12.5 percent, perhaps the highest in the country: Senior Congress leader
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD,NOV 23
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said the Gujarat assembly election results will be surprising, while senior Congress leader Manish Tewari claimed there cannot be a bigger proof of a government’s “inefficiency” than the move to change its chief ministers and the entire cabinet.
ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણી માટે પસંદગી પામેલ તમામ સ્ટાર પ્રચારકોને અભિનંદન pic.twitter.com/at0zLTsQpO
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting the state for campaigning every week, while Union Minister Amit Shah is camping there.
“This is their condition in their home state. I believe that the results in Gujarat Assembly election may be surprising,” Gehlot, who is the senior observer for the state election, told reporters here.
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— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
He also targeted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, questioning why the party withdrew its campaign from Himachal Pradesh before the elections.
પ્રજાનો આવકાર છે, બનવાની કોંગ્રેસની સરકાર છે#કોંગ્રેસ_આવે_છે_125_લાવે_છે pic.twitter.com/8Aw7esG4lK
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
“AAP disappeared from campaigning in Himachal Pradesh. Neither Kejriwal nor Modi have faith in democracy, they are fascists and damaging the country. The fake promises of Kejriwal are being exposed,” he added.
18- પાટણ વિધાનસભાના કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષના ઉમેદવાર શ્રી કિરીટ ભાઈ પટેલે ખારીવાડી, બાંદીપુર, ફુલેસણા અને ભેમોશન ગામના લોકો સાથે લોકસંપર્ક કર્યો. ત્યારે તમામ ગામના લોકોએ કોંગ્રેસને સમર્થન આપ્યું હતું.#CongressAaveChe pic.twitter.com/gpIQQloDEK
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
No bigger proof of govt’s ‘inefficiency’ than change of CMs: Tewari
There cannot be a bigger proof of a government’s “inefficiency” than the move to change its chief ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due next month, said senior Congress leader Manish Tewari here on Wednesday.
રાધનપુર વિધાનસભાના કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષના ઉમેદવાર શ્રી રઘુભાઈ દેસાઈએ ગામેગામ લોકસંપર્ક કર્યો, દરેક ગામ કોંગ્રેસને સાથ છે, કોંગ્રેસ જ આવશે.#CongressAaveChe pic.twitter.com/9XGZOHU8ML
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
Talking to reporters here, former Union minister Tewari hit out at the state government over its “arrogance” while referring to the last month’s Morbi bridge collapse which claimed 135 lives, and asked why nobody resigned over it and why the “biggest accused”, the wealthy persons and those given the bridge renovation contract, have not been arrested.
31 મોડાસા વિધાનસભાના દરેક ગામ કોંગ્રેસને સંગ છે, દરેક લોકો કોંગ્રેસ લાવવા તૈયાર છે.#CongressAaveChe pic.twitter.com/1i2jJbSOsP
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
The BJP had in 2016 replaced the then Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel with Vijay Rupani.
સ્ટુડન્ટ ઇન્ટરકશન અમદાવાદ https://t.co/t94pd0pS2e
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
Rupani, who continued as the CM after the 2017 elections, was last year replaced with Bhupendra Patel, who is also the BJP’s chief ministerial face for the Gujarat Assembly polls to be held on December 1 and 5.
Tewari said, “There cannot be a bigger proof of a government’s inefficiency than the fact that the CMs were required to be shown the door. What will be the plight of (the current CM) is for the public to decide.”
“There cannot be a bigger living example of governance failure than the fact that you have to change your chief ministers thrice,” he said.
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— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) November 23, 2022
Tewari alleged that corruption was legitimised in Gujarat and the same model was being imposed on the country.
“This legitimisation of corruption is dangerous for the country,” he said.
Gujarat’s debt stood at Rs 2.98 lakh crore and its unemployment rate for youth in the 20-24 age group is 12.5 percent, perhaps the highest in the country, the Congress leader claimed.
Talking about the Morbi bridge collapse, Tewari said, “I was thinking that had such a tragedy occurred in any other state where more than 141 people died and more than 180 injured, would nobody have resigned, would nobody be held responsible?”
“Ticket sellers and those who worked on nut-bolts of the construction have been arrested. Why aren’t those who were given the contract being arrested? This is because the government’s arrogance has risen so much that it feels despite its atrocity and behaviour with the public, it will manage to return to power,” he said.
To a question on the Aam Aadmi Party, the new poll entrant in Gujarat, Tewari claimed the kind of administrative experience, sensitivity and responsibility required to run Punjab, which borders Pakistan, has not been shown by the new (AAP) government.
“I would request the people of Gujarat to not repeat the mistake,” he said.
To a question on the BJP targeting political opponents ahead of the Gujarat elections by referring to Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar, Tewari claimed the state government has a “PhD in diverting attention” from issues affecting the public like inflation, joblessness, management of the COVID-19 pandemic and corruption.
