‘Both rupee and UPA govt have lost value’

Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Saturday once again attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the falling rupee, saying both Singh and domestic currency have turned mute. 

‘There was a time when the Indian rupee was making lots of noise but today it has lost its voice and similarly we are unable to hear the voice of our Prime Minister both have turned mute,’ said Modi in Saurashtra region .

The BJP election campaign committee chief, in his Independence Day speech, had attacked Singh on various issues, including the falling rupee and the stand-offs with Pakistan and China.

Expressing serious concern over the continuous fall in the value of rupee, Modi said, ‘Today our currency is on deathbed. It is in terminal stage and urgently needs attention of a doctor.’ Training guns at the Congress-led ruling coalition at the Centre, the Gujarat chief minister said: ‘At the time of coming to power this government had promised to reduce inflation within 100 days, but that has eluded the country. At present both - rupee and UPA government, have lost their value and people need to know why our country is heading towards destruction.’

In his almost hour-long address, Modi singled out the Congress, which is out of power in the state since mid-1990s, ‘The party should ponder why people are not allowing it to enter Gujarat, At the time of independence, people aspired for self- rule and good governance. More than 60 years have passed but people are still asking why we don’t we have good governance in the country?’ said Modi.

The BJP leader said Gujarat has recorded rapid growth in the last one decade, but some people are spreading lies about development indicators in the state. ‘Gujarat is growing and developing. It is not a burden on anyone. But there is one section which is spreading lies about Gujarat because they can not digest the development here,’ said the Gujarat chief minister.