"Arvind Kejriwal is resorting to rank falsehood by making sweeping allegations against Gujarat government and Narendra Modi...Kejriwal is committing fake encounters with facts which is part of his DNA and politics, which is nothing but theatrics," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
He also charged the AAP leader with acting like a "front of Congress" as he has not spoken against Congress or Sonia Gandhi in Agusta Westland bribery case.
Prasad said the gas pricing issue is between the government of India and contractors and Gujarat government has no say in it.
"He (Kejriwal) did not utter a single word on farmer suicides rampant in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, both states ruled by Congress. He also did not speak on unemployment in the country," Prasad said.
Prasad cited figures saying the growth rate of agriculture in Gujarat has been 11 per cent against the national average of 3 per cent as per Planning Commission figures, whereas Gujarat has 68 per cent irrigated land against 15.5 per cent at national level.
He said in Modi's tenure as Chief Minister, primary school dropouts have declined from 20 per cent to 2 per cent and PSUs in the state have turned around giving a net profit of Rs 4,041 crore against a net loss of 2,702 crore in 2001.
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