I/II. http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modi-says-maharashtra-mein-andhera-hai-aur-gujarat-mein-ujaala/
Modi says Maharashtra mein Andhera hai aur Gujarat mein Ujaala!<http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modi-says-maharashtra-mein-andhera-hai-aur-gujarat-mein-ujaala/> Mukul Sinha <http://www.truthofgujarat.com/author/mukul-sinha/> December 22, 2013 | 4 Responses<http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modi-says-maharashtra-mein-andhera-hai-aur-gujarat-mein-ujaala/#comments> [image: Is Maharashtra as "Andhera" as Modi claims?]<http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modi-says-maharashtra-mein-andhera-hai-aur-gujarat-mein-ujaala/marine-drive-mumbai/>Is Maharashtra as “Andhera” as Modi claims? Modi’s rallies in different states of India have become mega exercises of rubbishing the hosting state and eulogizing the development of Gujarat. He however crossed all limits in his Mumbai rally. In his own nautanki style, he narrated his drive from Gujarat to Maharashtra through Saputara. With mock surprise, he asked his audience as to how he knew he had crossed over from Gujarat to Maharashtra? He then unabashedly told his Maharastrian audience that jahan andhera hai woh Maharashtra tha aur jahan ujala hai woh Gujarat hai! I have the personal experience of travelling through that road (from Saputara to Nasik) and the reality is exactly the opposite. Dang is a tribal district of Gujarat of which Saputara is a hill station, languishes in severe poverty having one of the lowest per capita income in Gujarat whereas Nasik is a very developed district of Maharashtra, specially with its growing wine industries. To rubbish that area as an area of darkness is denigrating the people of Nasik under the guise of his ranting against Congress. Nay, he was not only rubbishing Maharashtra but Modi was rubbishing the Gujarat’s past as well. He told his ill-informed audience that at the time when Gujarat split from Maharashtra in 1960, Gujarat had nothing. Today, he said with flourish, Gujarat was at the pinnacle of development. History would tell us that Gujarat had the most developed textile industry in 1960 and Gujarati as a community was amongst the most enterprising community . *To deny the entire community of their glorious past and grab it for himself amounts to betraying his own roots.* Be that as it may, we downloaded the economic statistics of both the state for the year 2012-2013 for a comparative study to see how far Modi was correct in lampooning the Congress rule in Maharashtra. Modi had alleged that Maharashtra had been wholly destroyed and a Congress-mukt Maharashtra was the only alternative. (Source: Planning Commission data for 2012-13 – Figures in Rs – Crores) StateAgri & AlliedAgricultureIndustryManufacturingServicesGDPMaharashtra 65,504 54,044245,147163,875532,914843,565Gujarat51,52545,085163,826112,521 183,533398,884 The figures for the per capita income shows that Maharashtra’s per capita income, at current prices, was Rs 95,339 while Gujarat’s was a shade lower, at Rs 89,668. The figures in all categories shows that Maharashtra is ahead of Gujarat which is also reflected in the per capita income. Maharashtra is the largest power generating state in India with installed electricity generation capacity of 28,310.83 MW . Gujarat had the total installed capacity in the state as on March 2012 was 15306 MW and the total generation of electricity in the state was 78651 MUs in the year 2011-12. Even on this count Modi is not correct. Maharashtra has far more installed capacity to generate electricity and as per reports, they generate far more units than Gujarat does. The issue however is not which State is better than the other. The issue is that BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate is playing one State against the other and practicing very dangerous divisive and parochial politics. He raises the slogan of one India but divides the country wherever he goes. II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Shiv-Sena-upset-as-Narendra-Modi-slights-Maharashtra/articleshow/27809408.cms Shiv Sena upset as Narendra Modi slights MaharashtraAmbarish Mishra<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Ambarish-Mishra.cms> ,TNN | Dec 24, 2013, 01.37 AM IST MUMBAI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi's Sunday speech, in which he claimed that Gujarat had stolen a march over Maharashtra on the issue of development, may trigger a Marathi vs Gujarati debate in the Shiv Sena ahead of the 2014 polls, say political observers. Many in the Sena, which is loyal to the late Balasaheb Thackeray's 'sons-of-the-soil' agenda, are upset as Modi showed Maharashtra in "poor light". In his 50-minute address at the BKC grounds, Modi compared the states to drive home the point that under the Congress-led Democratic Front rule, Maharashtra continued to lag behind. But many felt that in his enthusiasm to slam the Congress, Modi ended up showing Maharashtra in bad light. "Modi's anti-DF tirade will have an adverse effect, in that Gujaratis will think Maharashtrians are to blame for the slow pace of development," a former Sena MP said on Monday. "Modi should have given thought to Mumbai's social landscape. Slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) projects are run by a powerful lobby of Gujarati builders. Instances of lower middle class Maharashtrians getting a raw deal at the hands of SRA builders are a dime a dozen. Also, tension has for long been brewing between Gujaratis and Maharashtrians here over the issue of non-vegetarian meals. In many redeveloped apartments, Gujaratis object to Maharashtrians eating non-veg. Modi's speech has sharpened this tension," he said. A former minister and senior Sena functionary said Modi should stop blowing Gujarat's trumpet. "Wherever he goes, he keeps harping on the Gujarat model. He should speak about national issues," he said. A city Bharatiya Janata Party functionary said, "The Sena may have its own perception but Modi has not hurt Maharashtrian sentiments." Sainiks are also peeved with Modi for not mentioning Bal Thackeray or Uddhav. "Balasaheb came to his rescue in 2002 after the Godhra flare-up," a senior functionary said. Post a comment<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Shiv-Sena-upset-as-Narendra-Modi-slights-Maharashtra/articleshow/27809408.cms#write> -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
