Gujarat Election 975: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra of Congress Rahul Gandhi has been taunted for Medha Patkar’s involvement in the PM Modi on Sunday questioned on what moral grounds the Congress was seeking votes in Gujarat after its leader’s Bharat Jodo Yatra was joined by the woman who stalled the Narmada dam project for three decades.

PM Modi addresses election rally at Dhoraji

PM Modi said these things while referring to the participation of Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar in Maharashtra on Saturday in the Bharat Jodo Yatra being led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. Addressing an election rally at Dhoraji Nagar in Gujarat’s Rajkot district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the ambitious project to build the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river was delayed because many people tried hard to stop it.

Medha Patkar was an anti-Sardar Sarovar Dam activist

The Prime Minister said that the Narmada project was the only solution to provide drinking water to Kutch and Kathiawar. You must have seen yesterday how a Congress leader was doing a padayatra with a woman who was an anti-Sardar Sarovar Dam activist. He and others created legal hurdles to stall the project for three decades. ,On what moral basis is the Congress party asking for votes

PM Modi said that these workers demonstrated because water did not reach here. He accused the activists of defaming Gujarat to such an extent that even the World Bank had stopped funding the project. The Prime Minister said that when the Congress comes to you seeking votes, I want you to ask them on what moral grounds the opposition party is seeking votes when their leader is undertaking a padyatra with a woman who was against the Narmada project. I request you to ask this question to Congress.

water and electricity necessary for development

PM Modi said that the BJP government in Gujarat has taken steps to address the issue of water scarcity through various schemes such as building small dams, digging new wells and lakes, and transporting water through pipelines worked hard for years. The PM said that today the entire Kutch and Kathiawar region is getting water through the pipeline network. We believe in providing permanent solutions to problems. We understand that water and electricity are essential for development. The Congress government was only interested in setting up handpumps. It is noteworthy that voting for the assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5. Whereas, the results of the election will be released on December 8.

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Sun, Nov 20, 2022, 6: 56 PM IST