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4 Aug, 2013

Shabnam Hashmi challenges Gujarat’s claim of being a model State – The Hindu

Human rights activist Shabnam Hashmi has called for close scrutiny of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s claims, that his State is a ‘model for development’, in the run-up to the 2014 general elections. Speaking at a seminar here on Saturday, Ms. Hashmi said ground realities were far from the rosy picture Mr. Modi and his PR teams had been presenting over the past year, in a bid to project him as a Prime Ministerial candidate.

Ms. Hashmi challenged the numbers presented in Mr. Modi’s campaigns and said key socio-economic indicators such as FDI, per capita income, growth rate of gross state domestic product GSDP, literacy rate, infant mortality rate and maternal mortality had shown Gujarat faring much worse than other States in the country.

via Shabnam Hashmi challenges Gujarat’s claim of being a model State – The Hindu.