Modi's development claims are filmy dialogues: Congress

He alleged the state government has employed school teachers on meagre salaries.

“Government pays a meagre salary of Rs 5300 per month to the primary teachers. The drop-out ratio of students has reached 57.9 per cent. As per the latest census of 2011, Gujarat ranked 17th in literacy rate. This shows that Modi is expert in lying, and his claims of development are nothing but filmy dialogues” he said.

AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal during his recent tour of the state had raised similar issues to attack Modi on his development model.

“State government spent only 40 per cent of budget given for Sarva Siksha Abhiyan by Centre. Among 42 engineering and polytechnic colleges in the state, only 4 have principals.  67 per cent vacancies of teaching staff and 69 per cent vacancies of administration staff are yet to be filled in these colleges,” Modhwadia said.

He also accused Modi of misleading people about IT-related growth in Gujarat.

“In the IT export sector, Gujarat is no where in top 10 states. Even Kerala and Orissa are ahead of us in IT export figures,” the Congress chief said.