NAGPUR: Unfazed by the attack over his comments on media, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal continued to target the media saying it was a political conspiracy to indulge in a propaganda on the Gujarat model of development to project Narendra Modi.
“Some media people have decided to project Modi. A story is being made that Gujarat has developed. It is a political conspiracy. This is a kind of political propaganda about the Gujarat model,” he said.
He also attacked Modi over the Gujarat riots and said that it was difficult to remove those taints.
“How will you (Modi) clean the Gujarat riots taints,” he asked.
Kejriwal was addressing a rally here at the conclusion of his three-day road show in Maharashtra. AAP leader Anjali Damania is taking on former BJP President Nitin Gadkari.
He asked his supporters whether action should be taken against them (the media) or not, hours after his threat to jail media created a nationwide controversy.
“TV debate in going on over my statement that we will jail them (the media). Where have we threatened them? We are small people. Media says Modi is an alternative… Modi is for development and education is flourishing and corruption has been eliminated in Gujarat,” he added.
Attacking Modi’s development model, Kejriwal said contrary to the claims made by Gujarat Chief Minister, corruption is rampant in the state with cases of farmers’ suicide and lack of education and health services. Despite this, the media was spreading misinformation, he said.
“Many (AAP) teams visited 26 districts of Gujarat and what they saw was shocking… total white lies. No work is done without taking money. One has to pay Rs 5000 for getting driving license. Unemployment is high. If a Dy SP has to seek a transfer he has to pay Rs 2.75 crore,” he claimed.
Kejriwal added that land is being taken from farmers and given to Ambanis and Adanis at Re 1 per sq m and more than 800 farmers have committed suicide over this and over 60,000 small scale and medium size enterprises have shut down in the past 11 years.
Kejriwal also attacked Gadkari, Congress MP from Nagpur Vilas Muttemwar and Union minister Praful Patel.
Referring to Gadkari, he said, “Those traveling on Luna mopeds have imported cars now. I just passed by his bungalow. Gadkari has filed a defamation suit against me for calling him corrupt. I have been summoned to the court on April 7.”
“Will you give me evidence against him? If you say anything against him he will also sue you, but the question is how many people Gadkari will sue,” he asked.
“Muttemwar’s party (Congress) will be wiped out. Praful Patel was selling bidis and how come he has so many cars and aircraft,” Kejriwal said. Speaking at the well attended rally, Kejriwal said when the BJP was in power, both in the state and the Centre, it did nothing to give justice to victims of 1984 Delhi Sikh riots.
“When we assumed power, AAP set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots,” he said.
Dismissing a Modi wave, Kejriwal said that there was no such wave in the country and it was merely hype.
“I have been traveling all over and I found nothing like a Modi wave,” he said.
Reiterating his commitment to eradicate corruption, the AAP leader said within a short span of time, his party succeeded in curbing corrupt practices and if given a full majority of 40 seats in Delhi, his party would get rid of corruption there.
Continuing his tirade against Modi, Kejriwal said about 60,000 units in the small scale sector shut down and over 800 farmers committed suicide in Gujarat during BJP’s rule of 11 years.
He said that AAP formed 26 teams and sent them to Gujarat to visit cities and towns there, in order to learn the truth, but they found no truth in BJP’s claim of good governance. –PTI
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