Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra
Modi on Tuesday said that the Central government was creating
obstacles by not approving projects worth Rs 304 crore meant
for tribal development.
Speaking at a Garib Kalyan Mela in Nizhar taluka of
Tapi district in South Gujarat Modi said,"There should not be
politics in the name of tribal welfare. But if the Union
government poses hurdles, we won't hesitate to fight it out."
Taking a dig at Union Minister of State for Tribal
development Tushar Choudhry, who hails from the Tapi region,
the chief Minister said,"Those who have been elected by the
common people have now become the enemy of the tribals after
acquiring power."
"Sitting in Delhi, the Minister for Tribal development
(Choudhry) had not approved schemes worth Rs 304 crore
proposed by the state government and is creating obstacles,"
Modi said.
Modi said that against the allocation of Rs 78 crore
for infrastructure projects, Gujarat has received only Rs 48
crore, while a proposal of Rs 122 crore for building 65 hostel
for students was pending with the Central ministry, along with
other projects for roads, canals, bridges and housing.
During the Garib Kalyan mela he distributed assets
worth Rs 69.3 crore to over 43,000 beneficiaries of Uchhal and
Nizhar taluka of Tapi district.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 22:47