Here, I will list all the reasons why I will not vote for Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Before that I want to make it clear that I was a hardcore BJP supporter and my family has always voted for BJP But over time I realised that BJP and Congress are two different sides of the same coin or in simpler words they are similar wine in different bottles. I know this blog might receive many abuses by crazy Modi Army who are never short of abuses 24 x 7 on social networking, but writing this is necessary to clean the illusion created by BJP. 1. Ticket to Criminal Candidates : A report in Hindu says that 57 members of Gujarat cabinet have criminal cases on them. Well, I seriously don’t understand how my India will shine under criminal candidates. Can BJP stop giving tickets to criminals ? if yes,then I can think to vote for them. 2 . Right to Information Act (RTI) - RTI activists in Gujarat are suffering , their RTI Applications are not responded and thousands of RTI applications are pending. Gujarat RTI Activists Association, which has around 5,000 members, says that there are around 14,000 RTI applications pending at different stages in various departments of the state government. According to them, these RTIs can expose Corruption on larger scale. So stopping an RTI and Modi ji wants India to be like USA, no that is not possible if you stop the Right To Information for your citizens. Apart from this , why Modi has to keep tainted minister in his Cabinet? Many RTI activists have received threats to life , RTI Activist Amit Jethwa was murdered and BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki has been held . Freedom of knowledge and Free Speech which can threaten the govt is silenced . BJP MP arrested for RTI Activists Murder 3. Weak Lokayukta : In April2012, Modi ji passed a new bill, The Gujarat Lokayukta Aayog which allows him to 1. Choose the Lokayukta of his own choice. 2. Block Lokayukta from investigating any cases against himself or his cabinet ministers. 3. Remove the primacy of high court chief justice and the governor in the appointment of Lokayukta. Read Supreme Court Upholds Gujarat’s Lokayukta Appointment And Mr Modi was slammed Is this what you call a strong Lokpal, when you criticize central government for bringing strong Lokpal, Mr Modi? If this is what you call a strong Lokpal, then all corrupt politicians would have backed Anna Hazare for this bill. 4. No Riots after 2002: Narendra Modi ji has claimed Many times that there are no riots in Gujarat after 2002, any intelligent person would try to do a re-search on this claim . No Riots in Gujarat in Last 12 years – Modi Facts : Large scale riots happened within Vadodara in 2006 (no coincidence that next Gujarat elections were in 2007), Apart from that, regular stream of incidences involving arson, stone-pelting, stabbing, lynching etc kept on happening regularly all over Gujarat – Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Dohad, Veraval etc. References: 1. Vadodara: Centre sends para-military help (2006). 2. Delhi-wary Modi calls in the army. Modi calls Army. Apart from these there are many riots which I am listing below for reference. So, its very normal to be rioting in any place of India and Gujarat is no-different. 3.11 hurt in Communal Clashes in Rajkot 4. Curfew in Parts of Dahod After Clash 5. 26 shops Gutted in Kodinar Violence 6. Violence in Gujarat town,3 dead 7. Three Die in Vadodra Clashes 2004 8. Gomtipur Violence 9. 30 people hurt in Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Ahemdabad,2006 10. Tension Brews Violence spreads to Kalupur- 2010 Either I am wrong or Mr modi forgets deaths of people so easily. 4. False Promotions and fudging of facts , there are many examples of the same. i will list out some. a) Claim: Modi Claims that Gujarat has generated 25 lakh jobs generated in 2009 link and also said that jobs generated will be 52 lakh in 2011 . 52 lakh jobs in 2011. Truth: Planning Commission Employment Report, page no 126, suggests that, number of people employed in major sectors has come down from 25.3 million in 2004-05 to 24.65 million in 2009-10. Check Page number 126, Planning Commission Employment Report So, these high figures are for what when the jobs have gone down from 2004 to 2009 ? b) Education : let’s look at the Gujarat’s education Sector . Gujarat is the worst state in the country, when we look at the reading, writing and math skills of the rural students. Planning Commission reports Education Report. Only 7% of Gujarat’s class 5 kids can read English sentences, way below all India average and it’s better not to compare with other states. ASER survey taken in Jan 2013, shows clearly this fact. ASER survey A major part of survey was reported by DNA which can be read here. Gujarat’s Class 8 literates can’t read. Its clear that Mr Modi is too busy in infrastructure and building roads that he doesn’t have time for future generations, he is aware that they can’t vote. b) TOURISM : Under Modi, Gujarat has turned out to be the visitors favourite destination in India. this is a quote from Modi’s website : Potential of Gujarat Tourism Here is a quote from Modi’s website : ’In the last year Gujarat got over 22 million tourists and witnessed a tourism growth rate of over 16%, which is double of the national tourism growth rate. From Rs 30 crore in 2005-2006, the tourism budget today is Rs 500 crore.’ As recorded in Gujarat’s official tourism website Gujarat Tourism. Number of tourists during 2010-11 = 19,811,936 (19.8 million) Number of tourists during 2011-12 = 22,354,665 (22.3 million) Anyone who can do simple calculation would find out that, increase is around 13% (12.8% to be exact) and not 16% as Modi tells the nation. c) FALSE CLAIMS : Automobile majors are flocking to Gujarat because of great industrial climate Modi has created. Fact: Plain lie. Tata was given sops estimated to be worth Rs 30,000 crores over a period of time for investing only a fraction (Rs 2,000 crore) in Sanand, Gujarat. That’s what brought Nano to Gujarat. Modi Team confirms Mega Loan For Tata Modi Gives Rs 30,000 crore loan to Tata : Free public money in form of Rs 9,570 crore loan as the interest is 0.1% and payment time is 20 years (23% of Gujarat’s budget for that year). Plus, usual sops of tax and duty exemption, infrastructure development and 100 acres of land near Ahmedabad for township. Which businessman will refuse such a deal? link –> link d) Claim: Gujarat is only state in the whole India to provide 24*7 and 365 days electricity to almost all of its 18000 villages. Modi to Mulayam: Modi to Mulayam: Making Gujarat means providing 24/7 electricity Fact : Plain Lie . This is a two part claim 1. 100% village electrification 2. Gujarat’s leadership in electricity availability to its populace Gujarat’s villages were fully electrified by 1996 (or even before), Modi has no role in 100% village electrification. Electrification of villages, Page 23, Annual Report 1996-97, Ministry of Power Moving on to availability of electricity, refer to a report of Census 2011, Availability of Electricity Census 2011 Percentage of households using electricity as the source of lighting in Gujarat is 90.4%, ranked 14th behind big states like (TN 93.4, Andhra 92.2), many smaller states and UTs. Thus, Gujarat is not the leader in providing electricity to its populace. Interestingly, Gujarat rank fell from 12th in 2001 Census to 14th in 2011 Census. E) FALSE CLAIMS : Every Gujarati is in love with Modi Fact: Less than 50% Gujaratis are voting for Modi and around 40% are voting for Congress. BJP’s high vote share pre-dates Modi.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:16:49 +0000
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