Sonia Gandhi wants overall development of the people

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi while campaigning for the party during the recently held Gujarat polls had slammed Narendra Modi government for discriminating Saurashtra region and also accused it of making tall claims of development in Gujarat. The Congress President said that progress is nowhere to be seen and ruling BJP's promises are hollow and false.

For Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, development means welfare of the poor. If the poor and underprivileged sections of the society are not getting the benefits and they are not able to be a part of the path of progress, we can not claim development, she always believed.

Sonia Gandhi said “BJP has no interest in the poor and the common people but are only interested is development of its own and a select few people." She addressed first rally in a village near Mandvi town of Surat district of South Gujarat and her second rally was in Keshod town of Junagadh district in Saurashtra region. Sonia Gandhi asked "Why Saurashtra region was being ignored when it came to development".

In Mandvi Sonia Gandhi argued "The development which was promised in a big way is nowhere to be seen in this tribal land...Because what they promised were hollow and false." "This is the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel who used to preach what they practiced. Now, there are people who give big advice but not follow them," said Sonia Gandhi taking an indirect dig at BJP leaders. She raised the issue of performance of Modi government in the last ten years.

"It is unfortunate that despite being in power for the last one decade, this BJP government has failed to bring Narmada water for irrigation to Saurashtra," Gandhi said touching an another important issue of water in this election. Sonia Gandhi said it is "shameful" that the BJP government is conjuring dreams that 110 dams of the region will be filled by Narmada water.

Raising the issue of farmers’ suicide in recent past, she said, "It is painful that farmers had to end lives because of shortage of fertiliser, water and electricity for agriculture". Sonia Gandhi alleged that BJP has done injustice to farmers of this region. Nearly 4.5 lakh farmers are facing shortage of electricity and nearly 57 areas in the region are in the dark zone but the state government is selling electricity to other states, said Sonia Gandhi.