Gujarat development model only for rich people: Gogoi

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
Last Updated : Jul 23 2013 | 6:01 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today slammed his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, saying the western state's development model was only for the affluent ones and "BJP is a party of rich people".
"Some big industrialists have gone to Gujarat but the condition of the poor has not improved. BJP is a party of rich men," he said.
Claiming that Modi's policies were favourable to only the affluent class of the society, Gogoi said, "I do not want the Gujarat model in Assam. We do not want to follow it. We want to follow our own Assam model.
The chief minister claimed, "The human development index is better in Assam than Gujarat." He, however, did not elaborate.
"We want a balance between rich and poor," Gogoi said.
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First Published: Jul 23 2013 | 6:01 PM IST

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