Pune : In a speech on the youth and education, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi could not resist bringing up the UPA government's ambitious food security programme today. The Centre, he said, was under the impression that merely bringing in the Bill would lead to food reaching the needy.
"The government in Delhi thinks that just by bringing in the Food Security Bill, there will be food on your plate," Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign chief told students of Pune's Fergusson College.
Mr Modi slammed the Congress-led UPA's education policy for most part of his speech, saying, "I don't want to make any political statements here, but have the expectations from the system been fulfilled?"
"After Independence, had we opted for modern education, we could have done a lot in these 60 years," he said.
Stating that "there is a big difference between 'others' and us", Mr Modi said, "Other people are interested in power. We give priority to empowerment. They want power, we want to empower every citizen of this country."
"The government in Delhi thinks that just by bringing in the Food Security Bill, there will be food on your plate," Bharatiya Janata Party's election campaign chief told students of Pune's Fergusson College.
Mr Modi slammed the Congress-led UPA's education policy for most part of his speech, saying, "I don't want to make any political statements here, but have the expectations from the system been fulfilled?"
Stating that "there is a big difference between 'others' and us", Mr Modi said, "Other people are interested in power. We give priority to empowerment. They want power, we want to empower every citizen of this country."
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