Gujarat has highest per capita debt in the country: Digvijaya Singh

18 Oct 2013 Evaluate

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh attacked the 'Gujarat model of development' promoted by BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, and said the state has the highest per capita debt in the country which means that every citizen of Gujarat has more debt to pay than a citizen of any other state. The BJP contested what Digvijaya Singh said, and asserted that Modi has brought in widespread development in Gujarat.

Digvijaya Singh said that Gujarat was not among the top five states to attract foreign investment inflows. 'In the state ranking of FDI inflows, of the first seven states, five are Congress-ruled. Yet people talk of the Gujarat Model of Development.

The Bharatiya Janata Party's Prakash Javadekar said that loans taken by Gujarat have been effectively utilised for the sake of development, and there was proof to showcase that. Adding further, he said that one has to observe how much development has been done in the state and these must be compared. In Gujarat, there is water, more water tanks constructed to provide irrigation security to farmers.

BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh said, as per the Planning Commission report the percentage to GSDP was somewhere around 39 per cent before Narendra Modi took over as Chief Minister, which was currently at 19 per cent.

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