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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Friday challenged Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi's claims of Gujarat's development with the following 16 questions.
1) Narendra Modi's claim that there is development in Gujarat is false. Where is the development?
2) Why are there corrupt ministers in your Government? Babu Bukharia and Purushottam Solanki are corrupt and there are various cases against them.
3) The farmers are unhappy and are commiting suicide. In the recent times 800 farmers have commited suicide in Gujarat. Why?
4) Why has the Gujarat Govternment filed a case in Court against the Sikh farmers of Kutch? Will you snatch away their land?
5) In 2005, the height of Narmada dam increased for providing water to people of Kutch. Nine years on, why are they still waiting? Why has water been diverted from Kutch to business development areas?
6) Primary healthcare centers in many villages are shut. Basic medicines are not available in many district level hospitals. Why?
7) How can you claim 11% agriculture growth rate, when stats released by Guj Govt for 2012-13 indicate that it has fallen to 1.18%?
8) Farmers compensated for land acquired at rates much lower than market. Why was the same land given at subsidised price of one rupee to Ambanis?
9) Why in Gujarat is solar power bought at Rs 13 without tender? MP & Karnataka buy the same at Rs 7.5 & 5.5 with proper tenders
10) Recently, for 1,500 government jobs, 13 lakh people had applied. Yet you claim that you have solved the unemployment problem?
11) Is your development model anti small & medium scale industry? In Mehsana, of the 187 such units, 140 units have shut down
12) You claim electricity in every village. Your government is sitting on over 4 lakh applications from farmers for electricty connections.
13) The son-in-law of the Ambani family, a minister in your government handling the energy portfolio. Can you explain this?
14) Will you, if elected the PM, raise the price of gas from KG Basin basin to $16 per unit?
15) Why do people need to pay bribes for getting government jobs, BPL cards, even Industrial licenses? Is this not corruption?
16) There are only three teachers per 600 students. Why is the state of education in Gujarat so poor?
