Addressing rallies in Junagadh district's Keshod and Gosambha near Surat, Gandhi said that the BJP government has only pursued anti-people policies which have benefited a select few and left the poor, farmers and tribals in a pitiable condition.
"The development which was promised in a big way is nowhere to be seen in this tribal land...because what they promised was hollow and false," she said in Gosambha, a tribal hamlet about 60 kms from Surat.
"They (Modi and BJP) have no interest in poor and common people but their only interest is development of its own and a select few people," she said.
Sonia was careful in not naming Modi any of her speeches.
On the eve of her visit to Gujarat, Modi had ridiculed Congress leaders saying that they were taking pains since 10 days to draft her speech to ensure she does not utter anything that would upset their electoral prospects.
Modi had latched on to Sonia's "maut ka saudagar" remark in the 2007 assembly polls, which he described as an insult to Gujarat.
She also took a dig at Modi for often evoking Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's name. "This is a land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel who used to preach what they practiced. Now there are people who give big advice but not follow them." Indicating widespread graft in Gujarat, Sonia said that the Centre has provided crores of funds to the state but there is no trace of the money now and where it was used.
Charging Modi of betraying the people of Saurashtra, she said, "The government did nothing for irrigation in Saurashtra. But when elections approached, they talked about filling 100 dams. This is nothing but cheating. Here, farmers don't get electricity. But to earn hefty profits, the government is selling electricity to other states. This is nothing but discrimination against farmers," she said in Keshod.
She also scoffed at the BJP for promising 50 lakh houses to counter Congress' "Ghar nu Ghar" scheme. "Why did you not build them for so many years," she asked.
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