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Money grows in 2G, coalgate trees says Modi
Updated : Sep 23, 2012
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ridiculed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to the nation in which he said money did not grow on trees and said it was not applicable to the Congress and its leaders. Addressing a youth convention at the tribal-dominated Dahod as part of his Vivekananda Yuva Vikas Yatra, he said people had heard about theft of cars or jewellery or such precious things, but no one had ever heard of people stealing coal. But unfortunately it is true about the UPA government at the Centre. Modi said that Dr Singh had changed the definition of democracy, making the Congress led UPA a government for the foreigners. He said the FDI in retail had been allowed without creating a level-playing field for the Indian traders and alleged that it was deliberately done to give advantage to foreign companies and international retail giants at the cost of the domestic players. Comparing the Congress to white ants, Modi alleged that the party holding power at the Centre for the last 60 years or so, had been eating into the very foundations of the country which could no longer be tolerated by the people, particularly the youths.