[In his sneering style he once again castigated the Congress for all the ills of Jharkhand’s “backwardness”. He went onto compare Jharkhand’s “development” to that of Chhattisgarh which he claimed was only because Chattisgarh chose the rule of BJP for the last two terms! Factually as well as politically, Modi’s allegations fly in his own face!]
I/II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Contrary-to-Modi-Chhattisgarh-poorer-than-Jharkhand/articleshow/28194547.cms Contrary to Modi, Chhattisgarh ‘poorer’ than JharkhandAnuja Jaiswal<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Anuja-Jaiswal.cms> ,TNN | Dec 31, 2013, 06.37 PM IST RAIPUR: BJP prime ministerial candidate,Narendra Modi<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Narendra-Modi>, seems to have committed yet another faux pas by claiming that Chhattisgarh is better off than Jharkhand, as various indices show the latter to be a more prosperous state, with a higher per-capita income and expenditure and a lower percentage of people living below poverty line. Addressing a rally in Ranchi on Sunday, Modi had proudly claimed that while the two states were formed in the same year, "Jharkhand had remained poor despite being rich in natural resources and BJP-ruled Chhattisgarh has sped ahead on the path of development". However, various reports, including the National Sample Survey Office<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/National-Sample-Survey-Office> (NSSO) of Planning Commission<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Planning-Commission> of India, show that Jharkhand<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Jharkhand> has a lower poverty rate and a higher per capita income, as compared to Chhattisgarh. In fact, it's ironical that Modi's statement came close on the heels of the release of CRISIL Research<http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/CRISIL-Research>, which dubbed Chhattisgarh's Capital, Raipur, as the 'poorest', in terms of ownership of durable assets. CRISIL Research, the country's largest independent and integrated research house, recently released the Prosperity Index to compare the living standards of various states. The company used the census data on the ownership pattern of consumer durables such as television, mobile phone, bicycles, computer/laptop and automobiles to "assess standard of living across states in a more meaningful way compared with the traditional yardstick of average income per person". It dubs a prosperous state as one that has a high proportion of households owning four durable assets -- television, computer/laptop, telephone/mobile phone and two-wheeler/car/jeep. Believe it or not, Jharkhand is better off than Chhattisgarh as it occupies the 10th position among 16 states, with Punjab being on the top with a score of 100. In contrast, Chhattisgarh is second last on 15th position with a score of 76.9 and is better than Madhya Pradesh. The CRISIL report states that Raipur along with Patna "are the worst in terms of asset ownership, as these cities have the highest proportion of households with none of the assets (around 1 in 4 households). As well as these cities have the lowest proportion of households with all the assets (less than 1 in 16 households). According to the Planning Commission report (2011-2012), released this year only, the per capita income in Chhattisgarh is Rs 738 (rural) and Rs 849 (urban), as compared to Rs 748 and Rs 974 respectively in Jharkhand. The per-capita- expenditure in Chhattisgarh is Rs 904.04 (rural) and Rs 1776.21 (Urban) as compared to Rs 919.59 and Rs 1894.41 respectively in Jharkhand. Interestingly, the number of people living under the poverty line in Chhattisgarh is 39.93%, as compared to 36.96% in Jharkhand. Talking to TOI, Dr Ravindra Brahme, Professor of Economics, Pt Ravishankar University, said, distribution of income in Chhattisgarh is unequal. "Those who have income and assets are getting richer while others are not benefiting", he said that uneven distribution of income was the main reason for Raipur being dubbed as the poorest Indian city by CRISIL. Prof JL Bhardwaj, Retd HOD (Economics), Pt Ravi Shankar University, said even the NSS report of July 2011- June 12 shows that among all states Chhattisgarh has the highest poverty and unemployment and is marginally better only to Orissa. He said a large number of people in the state were not getting benefits of the government welfare schemes. II. http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modis-speeches-case-serial-magnum-bloopers-plain-simple-ignorance/ You are here: Home <http://www.truthofgujarat.com/> ∼ Modi’s Speeches – A Case of Serial Magnum Bloopers or Plain Simple Ignorance? Modi’s Speeches – A Case of Serial Magnum Bloopers or Plain Simple Ignorance?<http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modis-speeches-case-serial-magnum-bloopers-plain-simple-ignorance/> Mukul Sinha <http://www.truthofgujarat.com/author/mukul-sinha/> December 30, 2013 [image: narendra modi feku ignorance bloopers]<http://www.truthofgujarat.com/modis-speeches-case-serial-magnum-bloopers-plain-simple-ignorance/ignorance-martin-luther-king/> We at TruthOfGujarat have to admit that we are running out of adjectives to describe the serial bloopers of Modi in his magnum operas. Dragging poor Alexander all the way upto Bihar and hailing the people of Bihar for giving Alexander a drubbing could have been passed off as the result of Hindu nationalist skipping history classes. Killing poor Shyama Prasad Mukherjee in Geneva in the 1930 and reducing him to ashes could be another ultra nationalistic bloomer. *But his speech in Ranchi has left many dumbstruck since Modi was abusing his own party!* In his sneering style he once again castigated the Congress for all the ills of Jharkhand’s “backwardness”. He went onto compare Jharkhand’s “development” to that of Chhattisgarh which he claimed was only because Chattisgarh chose the rule of BJP for the last two terms! Factually as well as politically, Modi’s allegations fly in his own face! Let us briefly recall the history of Jharkhand. This state was created during the NDA government led by BJP at the centre in 2000. Since the time Jharkhand was carved out from the southern districts of Bihar in 2000 , five people have served as the State’s Chief Ministers, during the three assembly terms till 2013. Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda were the Chief Ministers of BJP, Sibu Soren and Hemant Soren of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), and one independent Madhu Koda. The table below will show the number of days each one of these parties have ruled Jharkhand (Source – Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Jharkhand> ). Party Ruling the StateTermsNumber of Days in power since the birth of JharkhandPercentageBharatiya Janta Party (BJP)15 Nov 2000 - 2 Mar 2005, 12 Mar 2005 – 14 Sep 2006 , 11 Sep 2010 – 18 Jan 2013852+715+555+860=2982 days 62.29%Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)2 Mar 2005 – 12 Mar 2005, 27 Aug 2008 – 18 Jan 2009, 30 Dec 2009 – 31 May 2010, 13 Jul 2013 – present10+144+152+169=475 days9.92%President's Rule19 Jan 2009 – 29 Dec 2009, 1 Jun 2010 – 11 Sep 2010, 18 Jan 2013 – 12 July2013344+102+175=621 days12.97%Independent14 Sep 2006 – 23 Aug 2008709 days14.81%Total15 Nov 2000 - Present4787 days100% In over 13 years of Jharkhand’s existence, *BJP has been the ruling party for over 62% of the the time, with their most recent term ending on 18th January 2013! With BJP at helm for majority of the time since the inception of Jharkhand, Modi calling Jharkhand backward would mean pointing a finger at BJP themselves for Jharkhand’s backwardness*. Mr Modi while practicing his very conscious election campaign strategy of *abuse everyone*has inadvertently *abused his own party*! However if we dig deeper into the politics of Jharkhand since its inception, Modi’s hypocrisy becomes even more evident. While BJP’s Babulal Marandi was the first Chief Minister of Jharkhand, his party-mate Arjun Munda is the longest-serving CM — over five years, across three terms. *BJP toppled its own Chief Minister* on 17th March, 2003 to install Arjun Munda who ruled between 18 March 2003 – 2 March 2005. (715 days). The first serious allegation of corruption against any minister was made by BJP’s own ex-CM Babulal Marandi against Arjun Munda in 2004. A newspaper had exposed then land and revenue minister Madhu Singh for demanding a Rs. 50 lakh bribe. This was the period when both at Centre as well as Jharkhand, BJP was ruling. In May, 2006, former CM of BJP Marandi resigned from the party protesting against corruption of Munda. Munda later became CM between 11 September 2010 – 18 January 2013. In 2011, it was Marandi that had alleged Munda of being involved in a string of scams which were nothing less than the 2G Spectrum scam that drew the attention of all and sundry in the country. Marandi said, “With a motive to spread corruption, the CM has kept the PWD, Road and Power ministries with himself. This is can be understood from the fact that without even passing a tender, the contract of construction of Kandra-Adityapur road has been given to a company. As a result of which Rs 3,765 crore of people’s hard earned money will go to one company.” Thus in the short history of 13 years after the creation of Jharkhand, BJP has ruled from the 2000 to January, 2013 with a few breaks due to the toppling of their own Government by their own leaders. Mr Modi seems to be wholly oblivious of the 13 years of rule of BJP and the massive corruptions they indulged in. In the Ranchi meeting of 29th December, 2013, Arjun Munda who has been accused of massive corruption was most visible next to Modi. After looting Jharkhand of its mineral wealth for 13 years, Modi wants the Jharkhandis to “gift” the 14 Lok Sabha seats to BJP! The most rotten and corrupt party with a established track record of massive corruption abuses Congress of the same – it’s like Pot calling the kettle black. *On this occasion however, even factually, Modi is not correct since it was not Congress but BJP which was looting Jharkhand.* -- 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.
