Gujarat elections: BJP govt transformed education sector in state, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP government in Gujarat has transformed the education sector in the state and made it more scientific and modern touching upon an election issue which is being aggressively pushed by the Aam Aadmi Party AAPAddressing a rally in Dehgam town of Gandhinagar district his third of the day ahead of the next months Assembly polls the PM pointed out that Gujarats education budget has now gone up to Rs 33000 crore more than the total budget outlay of several statesNotably the comments the BJPs star campaigner on Gujarats education scenario came at a time when the Arvind Kejriwalled AAP has been aggressively pitching the Delhi model of education and has promised to transform governmentrun schools if voted to power in the stateNearly 20 to 25 years back Gujarats budget allocation for education was just Rs 1600 crore Today it stands at Rs 33000 crore more than the total budget outlay of many states This is the progress we have made said Modi who served as Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014Voting in Dehgam will take place on December 5 in the second phase of Assembly pollsThe changes we brought in this sector have benefited the people of the entire Gujarat The BJP government in Gujarat has transformed the education sector in the state and made it more scientific and modern he saidAlso Read BJP committed to bring UCC once democratic discussions are over Amit ShahThe PM told the gathering that Gandhinagar has now become an education hub housing numerous colleges and universitiesModi said the worlds first forensic sciences university and Childrens University are located in the state capitalIndias first energy university Pandit Deendayal Energy University and Maritime University are also situated in Gandhinagar The campus of Rashtriya Raksha University near here is the pride of Dehgam and Gandhinagar he saidTaking on the Congress the PM said leaders of the opposition party do not have any vision for developing Gujarat as they are busy criticising him all the timeWe are also working for empowerment of the poor and middle class people Instead of finding solutions to problems of the poor people living in slums the Congress used to just throw some pieces towards them It was the BJP which built pucca houses for them said Modi seeking votes for his party which is ruling Gujarat for the last 27 years and is aiming for a seventh term in officeVoting to elect a new 182member Gujarat Assembly will be held in two phases December 1 89 seats and 5 93 seats and ballots will be counted on December 8 A total of 1621 candidates are in the fray for the 182 Assembly seatsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever