Stop praising Modi, look at Maharashtra:
Congress to Opposition
Thursday January 10, 2013 08:52:09 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai:
With Maharashtra attracting one-third of all FDI in the country
since 2000, the Maharashtra Congress Thursday urged Opposition
parties to stop praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and
"speak of Maharashtra".
In an open letter to all Opposition parties, state Congress
spokesperson Sachin Sawant said that as per official figures
released by the centre recently, in the past 12 years (between
2000-2012), Maharashtra attracted a total of Rs.2,81,565 crore FDI.
This stood at 33 percent Foreign Direct Investment in the country
for all the states, with New Delhi at 19 percent, Karnataka at six
percent, and Gujarat and Tamil Nadu way behind at just five
percent each.
"The state also achieved a growth of 11.8 percent in the past five
years, against a target of 10 percent, and more importantly,
helped generate 1.80 million new jobs," Sawant pointed out.
However, Sawant lamented that in the wake of "drumbeating" of
Gujarat's development by Modi, the opposition seem to have
forgotten Maharashtra completely.
"Perhaps, this is the reason why the state's unprecedented
achievement has gone unnoticed and there has not been any response
from you so far," he said.
"As a responsible Opposition, now you must stand with the
government and highlight the state's achievements at the
international level to attract even more FDI. This would be in the
interest of the state and in tune with public sentiments," Sawant
said.
The Congress's open letter has been written to Shiv Sena executive
president Uddhav Thackeray, Bharatiya Janata Party state president
Sudhir Mungantiwar, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray
and the BJP's leaders of opposition in the state assembly and
council, Eknath Khadse and Vinod Tawade, respectively.
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