Mangalore, Nov 18: Following the hour-long address by Gujarat chief minister and BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a rally which was held in Bangalore on Sunday, veteran Congress leader B Janardhan Poojary on Monday lashed out at the claims made by Modi in the rally.
Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, Mr Poojary rebuked the claim made by Modi that the NDA government was behind the development of IT sector in Bangalore. Modi has claimed that it was under the NDA government that the IT industry saw a growth of 30 percent, which declined to 9 percent during UPA government's tenure. But, the growth and development of the IT sector in Karnataka were achievements made by the then-chief minister S M Krishna. This fact was even vouched by the then-Prime Minister A B Vajpayee, he said.
Is Modi'married'?
He said that the prime minister aspirant Modi was also indulging in low-grade politics. “Modi has made a personal attack on Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi regarding her illness and has spoken about her personal life in an insulting manner. However, we (Congress party) will attack you in a legal way,” he cautioned, and raised questions on Modi's marital status and the whereabouts of his wife, claiming that Modi's marital status had been listed as'married' in his bio-data and also in the voter's list.
“The nation wants to know why he has hidden this information from the people. If you fail to disclose the information soon, we will reveal it ourselves,” he cautioned Modi.
Social development nil in Gujarat
On the social development claimed by Modi in Gujarat, Mr Poojary said that Modi had set out to develop merely industrial giants in the state and was blind to the problems and development of the poor and unprivileged. With regard to development of infrastructure, Gujarat ranks tenth in the country. The percentage of nourished children in the state is merely 45, he said.
“A foreign marketing agency was roped in for image-building and publicity of Modi, on which a sum of 25,000 US dollars is spent every month. However, you have set out to divide the country. People will not vote for you,” he told Modi.
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