Cong failed in providing good governance: Modi

Jalandhar, Feb 5: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today charged the Congress led governments at the Centre and in various states with failure in providing good governance and claimed that BJP led governments had delivered better results.

Addressing an election rally in support of BJP-SAD nominees here this evening, Mr Modi alleged that Congress led governments had never bothered to address the problems of farmers, poor and common man.

''This is the reason that prices of essential commodities were recording spiral rise, people were facing power crises, farmers in some states committed suicide, country's food grain reserve were exhausted and the government was forced to import wheat.'' He claimed Mr Modi said the godowns were full of food grains under the rule of NDA Government at the Centre but what had gone wrong during the Congress-led UPA Government's regime in the last three years that the stocks were exhausted and the government had to import wheat on higher rates.

He said that farmers were forced to commit suicide in various Congress-uled states, including Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra in the wake of bad crop production leading to their deteriorating economy.

Mr Modi said that this was the failure of the Congress led government, otherwise the scenario in BJP ruled Gujarat was totally different.

''While farmers of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab were forced to commit suicide, farmers in Gujarat were growing richer year by year,'' he noted, adding that the commitment and will power to deliver good to people in the BJP-led Gujarat government had made the difference.

''When I had taken over as Chief Minister five years ago, the scenario was different but transformation had begun under the BJP regime with implementation of a number of reforms including water management, rain water harvesting and all efforts resulted in many fold increase in farmers income.

He asserted that agriculture income in the state which was Rs 9,000 crore per annum five years ago had now reached up to Rs 34,000 crore per annum.

While farmers of other states were in trouble in the wake of their bad BT cotton crop the same crop was bringing good fortune to farmers of his state and purchasers from China were eagar to purchase BT cotton of Gujarat.

He said it is not only the issue of agriculture but BJP government in Gujarat had made strides in every sphere. He added that while most of the states of the country including Punjab are facing acute power crisis, his government's Jyotigram scheme had totally changed the scenario in Gujarat where 24 hour uninterrupted power supply in every village and town is the order of the day.

Mr Modi said that in the implementation of 20 point programme and other poor welfare schemes his state had been maintaining number one position in the country for past four years and none of the Congress ruled state had figured even in one to fifth place in this list.

Mr Modi also charged Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh with failure in raising Punjab's voice at the Centre and seeking the state's due from the Centre. He said that he had met Capt Singh in New Delhi on several occasions, and noticed that Capt Singh never raised appropriately Punjab's voice at the Centre.

Mr Modi said that Capt Singh also showed a ''non-serious'' attitude at the Chief Ministers conferences and never participated in the meetings fully.

Contrary to this, Mr Modi praised Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) president and former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal as seasoned politician and true people's representative.

He said that he had noticed strong displeasure and disliking among people for present Congress regime in the state and foresaw voters would seek for a change in in the government.

UNI