Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi can only give speeches, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today, while asserting that the former's Gujarat model of development has failed, as proven by the victory of his party in the state's local poll.
"Modi can only give speeches...like a balloon which only bounces. The Gujarat model has failed. Congress was victorious in the (local) elections there," Mr Gandhi said while addressing a meeting of block and district level party leaders here, in the run-up to the 2016 Assam Assembly election.
"It is because Narendra Modi's model has failed that a big agitation has been launched by a community (Patels) in Gujarat," he asserted.
"India thought 'acche din' (good days) will come as promised by Modi before the elections, but after losing the Bihar poll, he does not mention a word about it," Mr Gandhi said.
The Congress vice president also accused PM Modi of removing the Special Category State status given by the earlier Congress central government to Assam, whereby 90 per cent of central funds were given as grants and rest 10 per cent state funds.
"Bihar will be repeated in Assam," he asserted, saying Tarun Gogoi and Congress had worked real hard.
Mr Gandhi also had an interaction with the women representatives of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Assam, listening to their problems and assuring them that their issues would be taken up with the government.
"The SHGs is a fantastic programme. It empowers women in Assam. I am satisfied with the action taken by Tarun Gogoi," Mr Gandhi added.
"Modi can only give speeches...like a balloon which only bounces. The Gujarat model has failed. Congress was victorious in the (local) elections there," Mr Gandhi said while addressing a meeting of block and district level party leaders here, in the run-up to the 2016 Assam Assembly election.
"It is because Narendra Modi's model has failed that a big agitation has been launched by a community (Patels) in Gujarat," he asserted.
The Congress vice president also accused PM Modi of removing the Special Category State status given by the earlier Congress central government to Assam, whereby 90 per cent of central funds were given as grants and rest 10 per cent state funds.
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Mr Gandhi also had an interaction with the women representatives of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Assam, listening to their problems and assuring them that their issues would be taken up with the government.
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