Janata Party
president Dr. Subramanian Swamy has said that country's economic growth had been
badly hit by corruption.
Dr Swamy was speaking to the mediamen in Rajkot(Gujarat) on September 22.
"Corruption
has badly affected the country's economy," said Dr. Swamy, who was on the last leg of his Gujarat tour after having addressed meetings in Gujarat.
Praising the
BJP government in Gujarat, Dr. Swamy said that under the leadership of Chief
Minister Narendra Modi, the state had made good progress.
He
expressed confidence that Modi would win the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat
with absolute majority, which would have a "national impact".
"It is
the demand of time that Modi wins the Gujarat Assembly polls and comes forward
in national politics to throw Congress out of power," Swamy said.
On
government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail in India, Swamy said
that the move would ruin the future of country's retailers.Janata Party chief also criticised the Centre over the fuel
price hike.
There have several reactions on Twitter after Dr Swamy's Rajkot speech. Young Gujaratis are ga-ga over his patriotic line gainst corrupt and inefficient Congressment ruling New Delhi. A tweeple on Sunday took to Twitter to shower his words of
praise on Swamy. "It was a life time Memory to hear @Swamy39 at
Rajkot Yesterday. How he attacked UPA and Get linked everything with corruption
was awesome. (sic)" he tweeted.
Earlier speaking
at Rajkot in Gujarat , Janata Party President Dr. Subramanian Swamy said
that Gujarat will again show direction(to the nation) like it showed during
Janata Morcha era. Swamy predicted 140 seats for BJP in Gujarat.
“For
last six-eight months Sonia Gandhi during her stay abroad was promising that
Modi would be sent to jail and would also be defeated in the elections. Arabs
were very happy with such promise and were waiting for such things to happen,
but they are now shaken because as more public meetings (of Modi) are taking
place, they have realized that nothing will happen(to Modi as promised),” Swamy
said.
During
an interaction with media persons, Dr. Swamy also said that as per his view,
the mid-term elections for Lok Sabha can arrive in February 2013 itself.
( A video link to his press meet in Gujarat is here :
Video link for Dr Swamy on Gujarat 22.09.12 )
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