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The former Leader of the Opposition in the state assembly said that inviting a contractor undertaking the project as chief guest was not only violation of the protocol, but it also showed the level to which the chief minister had stooped to please the corporate honchos.
“It is really very shameful that a contractor was made the chief guest by a chief minister,” he said.
Pointing out that the project has been financed completely by the Centre, Madhwadia said it would have been appropriate if Modi had invited the Union communication minister as the project was a part of the latter’s ministry.
The Congress leader warned industrialists, including Mittal, against becoming a part of the political game plan of Modi for certain concessions. He said the UPA government at the Centre in the last four years had provided a sum of Rs 155 crore for implementing the project in Gujarat against Rs 19 crore given to the state for the purpose during the BJP-led NDA rule.
Under the national e-governance plan, all the 18,000 villages, including 13,000 village panchayats, in the state are to be given Internet facility connecting them with talukas, district headquarters and the state capital.
The project has already been implemented in four states, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Pondicherry.
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Modhwadi is really frustrated and sick. What is protocol violation and what is shameful if Sunil Mittal is invited as a chief guest. Modhwadia is frustrated as he is not getting due recognisation as a leader in Gujarat. WHo will recognise him when he keeps on making such stupid and senseless remarks. He is seen as a man who is acting against the interets of his own state. And what is Modhwadia's contribution to public life in Gujarat. Big zero. What has he done for the people of Gujarat ? Nothing. Hence inspite of the media backing him to the hilt he is still left puffing and panting while Modi continues to work tirelessly.