Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been spreading "blatant lies" and unnecessarily blaming the Centre for not constructing gates at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam. "Gujarat Chief Minister is using the Narmada project for a canard campaign against the central government and spreading blatant lies to conceal his own failures and criminal negligence in implementing the Narmada project," former Opposition leader Shaktisinh Gohil told reporters in Ahmedabad.
He was referring to allegations made by Modi earlier in the day while addressing a gathering at Devla town near Rajkot, slamming the UPA government for allegedly ignoring the state government's demand to construct gates at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam and said, the Centre was only concerned about "nephews and uncles". Citing the minutes of the 84th meeting of Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Gohil claimed, in reality the Narmada Water Disputes) Tribunal did not permit installation of gates on the dam because Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh governments have not fulfilled their respective responsibilities like rehabilitation and other project-related work.
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12:26 AM, May 06, 2013
Gujarat Congress on Monday alleged that the review petition in the apex court on the Lokayukta issue has exposed the "double speak" and "dual face" of the Narendra Modi government. "The BJP and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi have been vociferously protesting against the Lokpal bill and its modalities but when it comes to the appointment of Lokayukta Modi government has fully endorsed and applauded the very same modalities," former...
03:58 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Congress on Saturday termed as "biased, partial" the articles by Time magazine as well as the Brookings Institution's on chief minister Narendra Modi, which praised him for state's development, and claimed that they "highlight wrong facts" about Gujarat. Time magazine, in its March 26 issue, published an article on the Modi, with the heading: "Modi means business", along with a strap: "But can he lead India?". "I...
01:17 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Godhra fast calling it a 'political drama'. Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil also accused Modi of wasting public money in his fasts. "This is a political drama. Modi is wasting public money. Why is he not visiting any riot victims," Gohil questioned. Reacting to the arrest of six activists protesting against Modi's fast, Gohil said, "The arrest of...
12:06 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Ahmedabad: Accusing Chief Minister Narendra Modi of wasting public money on party functions and building votebanks, Gujarat Congress on Friday criticised him saying that 10 years of misrule has been completed in the state. Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Shaktisinh Gohil also termed Modi's Sadbhavna Mission a "farce and publicity stunt". Gohil's comments come two days ahead of Modi's second leg of his Sadbhavna Mission from Dwarka in Jamnagar....
01:13 AM, Oct 15, 2011
Ahmedabad: Terming Chief Minister Narendra Modi's plans for a three-day fast for peace, harmony and unity in Gujarat as a 'political gimmick', Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly Shaktisinh Gohil on Tuesday asked the BJP leader to apologise for the 2002 communal riots. In an open letter to Modi, Congress leader Gohil said, "Your so called three-day fast and Sadbhavna mission stands nullified with your record of hatred,...
11:36 PM, Sep 13, 2011
New Delhi: Unfazed by BJP apporaching the President on Gujarat Lokayukta issue, Congress on Friday intensified its attack on the party and Narendra Modi calling him "another Yeddyurappa" whose government has been charged with a Rs 26,651 crore fraud. "The CAG report has spoken of misappropriation and fraud of Rs 26,651 crore and the people are seeking the details. Hence this attack on constitutional institutions so as to avoid being...
07:12 PM, Sep 02, 2011
Gandhinagar: In an unprecedented move, the Gujarat Governor has appointed Retd Justice RA Mehta as Lokayukta of the state, bypassing the Narendra Modi-led BJP government which had kept the post vacant for the last seven years. Gujarat Opposition Leader Shaktisinh Gohil, who had led a delegation of Congress MLAs to the Governor on the issue of Lokayukta, said, "Gujarat Governor Kamla has appointed Retd Justice RA Mehta as Lokayukta late...
04:55 PM, Aug 26, 2011
