Ahmedabad/Patan: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took on the Congress for criticising his government over problems caused by the Goods and Services Tax and demonetisation and claimed these issues had been resolved.
PM Modi claimed his government had initiated the unique Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana to encourage start-ups in the country, but the Congress did not have the intellect to figure it out.
He said nine crore beneficiaries were disbursed loans of Rs 4 lakh crore to start businesses. "This is what we have done for employment of India's talented youths and very soon India will be third in the world in the number of start-ups. But the Congress people can't even think of it," he added.
Glimpses from today's rally in Nadiad. @BJP4Gujarat pic.twitter.com/pmzimVDcA8
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Addressed a huge rally in Ahmedabad. Overwhelmed by the support. Elaborated on ways in which successive BJP Governments in Gujarat transformed Ahmedabad by building quality infrastructure and significantly improving the law and order situation. pic.twitter.com/Kn0kubMfj5
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PM Modi was speaking in Gujarat's commercial capital and BJP bastion Ahmedabad, concluding his campaign 24 hours ahead of the last day of canvassing for the second round of polling to 93 assembly seats on December 14.
"The GST is part of a new taxation regime practiced across the world and as long as we don't implement it, no bureaucrat or economist worth his salt will know about problems faced by trade and industry," the Prime Minister said.
On demonetisation announced on November 8, 2016, he said, "Those who are still crying hoarse over it more than a year later are those whom it pinched, while others have moved on. Those who were hand in glove with terrorists could not find black money to help anti-India activities. Today, all those are behind bars in Tihar jail."
Coming down heavily on Rahul, PM Modi said, "You say something, maybe it is a mistake, you say it again, it may still be excusable and third time, maybe it is a political remark. But you do this again and again for two months. You think everyone is a fool, spreading lies everywhere."
(With IANS inputs)
