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, state minister for industries, on the progress of implementation of MoUs at the recently concluded investors' summit.

This is my humble suggestion, but why cannot the government take action against jeeps that ferry passengers illegally in Gandhinagar, the state capital. Instead, the police department harasses 'chhakda' and tempo owners in distant Bhavnagar.

Purshottam Solanki, BJP MLA, while raising the issue of alleged harassment of chhakda owners by the police.

We have raised the income at RTA checkposts from Rs 40 crore when we came in power to Rs 935 crore today. That speaks volumes of the kind of work that was being done when the Congress was in power.

Amit Shah, minister of state for road transport, replying to an allegation by leader of opposition Arjun Modhvadia that RTA department officials were being given 'targets' for collection of income at RTA checkposts in the state.

"There are several posts vacant in the state police department, right from the director general of police to a sub inspector. In fact, it appears that the government is deliberately keeping some posts vacant and giving additional charge to certain police officers, so that these officers can toe the government's line," "" Arjun Modhvadia, leader of Opposition in the Assembly, while raising the issue of vacancies inteh police department.

"The government has so far covered 7,131 villages under the Jyoti Gram Yojana that provides 24-hour electricity to villages. But my friends in the Opposition simply cannot find these villages that are enjoying electricity round the clock," "" Saurabh Dalal, minister of state for energy, joining a heated debate on the success of the government's Jyoti Gram Yojana.