Ashok Gehlot should learn from Gujarat: Narendra Modi

BIKANER/KHETRI: BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s tirade against the Congress continued for the second consecutive day in Rajasthan as he addressed huge rallies in Sriganganagar, Pilibanga, Khetri and Bikaner.

The crowd was bursting at the seams as Modi lashed out at CM Ashok Gehlot for lack of development. At his Bikaner rally, Modi began his speech by paying tribute to late BJP legislator Nand Lal Vyas, a masterstroke that immediately connected him with the crowd.

The Gujarat CM then launched an attack on Gehlot, claiming that a person against whom the Supreme Court, HC and state governor have passed unflattering remarks has no right to talk about development model and welfare measures. "Gehlot should visit Gujarat to see the real developmental model there. I am inviting him to Gujarat. The Rajasthan CM will be free after December 8 anyway," he said.

Modi said his government has built a ‘War Memorial’ at Kutch to honour soldiers. He accused the Rajasthan government of not doing anything to remember the sacrifices of soldiers despite some of its districts being on the Indo-Pak border.

He alleged that the Congress-led government at the Centre has failed to protect the honour of Indian soldiers who were beheaded by Pakistani soldiers. Despite a large number of youths from Jhunjhunu opting for Armed Forces, the governments at the state and Centre have made no effort to open an Army school in the district.