'Centre's failure on price rise has snatched peoples' meal'

"On the one hand, the government at the Centre is neck deep into corruption and on the other...Sustained price rise has made the common man's life miserable...How can people run their homes amidst a soaring price rise scenario"? Swaraj said while addressing a poll rally at Chandkheda area here.

"We also ruled for six years at the Centre but never committed the sin of snatching away common man's meal," she claimed.

"People reeling under price hike faced another blow when the government brought in FDI in retail," Swaraj said charging the decision would adversely impact four crore small shopkeepers directly who never demand a penny from the government.

"They have brought in FDI to render them jobless," she alleged adding that as such, BJP was not against bringing FDI in India but not in sectors like multi-brand retail.

The BJP leader said election is a time to pat the back of those who had done good work. "At the same time, it is an opportunity to teach a lesson to non-performing ones," she added.

"I hope you all will teach a befitting lesson to Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh by voting Narendra Modi to power for the third time in a row," Swaraj said drawing parallels between the Centre's rule and Modi's governance.

"The agriculture growth rate of Gujarat is over 11 per cent, far ahead of the national average of three per cent or so," Swaraj said.

Showering praises on Modi, Swaraj said his good governance has proved that there was no anti-incumbency factor.