Gujarat Labour and Employment Minister Vijay Rupani dedicated Gujarat's growth story to Vibrant Summits and lambasted the Congress here today, for criticising these summits as "waste of money".
During his speech in the Gujarat Assembly today on the motion to discuss the Governor's address, Rupani claimed that Congress leaders are unable to digest the fact that even the United States has accepted that Gujarat is surging ahead in development.
Rupani's speech was a reply to Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela, who had earlier taken taken strong objection to Gujarat being called 'India's Growth Engine'. Vaghela had also told the Gujarat Assembly that the state lags behind many states and nothing has been achieved through Vibrant Summits.
"Vaghela had asked what we achieved through these Vibrant Summits. I want to tell him that Gujarat is number one in the production of petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, automobiles, chemicals, salt and engineering parts. Our share in total exports by India is 33 per cent. This is the result of Vibrant Gujarat Summits," Rupani said.
"Besides billions of dollars of investments, these Vibrant Summits created millions of job opportunities here. Dignitaries like US president as well as the UN Secretary General praised our growth story, but it is unfortunate that the Congress couldn't see it and tries to undermine these achievements," Rupani said.
During his speech, Rupani even advised Congress to solve its own problems first. He claimed that the sudden and mysterious disapperance of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has given people a chance to crack jokes about him on social media platforms.
"Rahul Gandhi is missing in action. No one knows where has he gone and when will he back. I am also amazed that the Congress expressed happiness after losing Delhi elections, just because the BJP also lost. The fact is that our vote share has not decreased, while the Congress share diminished to just nine per cent," Rupani said.
