Congress takes on Modi on development front with 'facts'

Coming to Gujarat, Singhvi said that in total cumulative debt to percentage of the state GDP, Delhi that was ruled by Congress was the lowest at 7.6 per cent, Gujarat stands at number 13 with 26.1 per cent.

He said that 20 per cent of Gujarat's population has not assets like transistor, television, landline phone, mobile, banking account, scooter or car. Similarly in per capita income at current prices - Maharashtra, Goa and Delhi are higher than Gujarat whereas Punjab is close to Gujarat, Singhvi said.

The full scale Congress attack against the Gujarat Chief Minister came after Modi in a rally in Saturday mocked at the understanding of economy of Finance Minister P Chidambaram and accused the UPA government of “destroying” the country's economy.

He said that similarly, the agriculture growth percentage in six years of NDA was 2.9 per cent while it was 3.1 per cent during UPA I and 3.6 per cent during four years of UPA II.  In service sector growth as against the 7.8 per cent during six years of NDA period, it was 9.9 per cent for UPA-I's 5 year period and 8.9 per cent for UPA-II period.  

Singhvi said that decade wise figures in poverty reduction shows that from 1993-94 to 2004-05 which includes 6 years of NDA, the poverty reduction is 0.74 per cent while  it is three times more at 2.18 per cent for the decade ending 2011-12.

“You have complete hyperbole exaggeration, distortion and repeated fake encounter with facts. You have an ostrich in the sand attitude. You want to wish away the better performance-man to man, government to government, body to body, year to year,” he said attacking Modi.