PANAJI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked the Congress saying the party only sees the State as 'Gandhi parivaar ka Goa'.
Addressing a public meeting in Ponda, in support of party candidate and former CM Ravi Naik, who had recently joined the BJP, Shah said for the Gandhi family, Goa is just a “vacation spot”.
“BJP brought development to Goa. For Gandhi family, Goa is just a vacation spot. We raised State's budget from Rs 432 crore to 2,567 crore. Ex-CM Digambar Kamat did nothing on infrastructure development. We did what we promised,” he said.
The works which Goa can't imagine have been done during last seven and half years of BJP rule with the help of central government.
Projects like Atal Sethu, Zuari Bridge, Mopa airport would not have happened without the support of central government, he said.
Shah also addressed a meeting in Sanvordem and later went on a door-to-door campaign in the village.
Stating that, “Goans need to choose between BJP's 'Golden Goa' and Congress's 'Gandhi parivar ka Goa'”, Shah said the development of small states is Narendra Modi government's priority, adding that it can happen “only if there is stability”.
Launching an attack against the Trinamool Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, and Nationalist Congress Party, Shah said, “these parties cannot form a government here. It is only the BJP that can do so. Unless there is political stability, there can be no development.”
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, the Union minister said Congress MP suffered from "Modi-phobia".
Earlier, Shah was welcomed at the Dabolim airport by BJP's Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadanavis, Union minister Shripad Naik, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, BJP state president Sadanand Shet Tanavade and others.
After his arrival, the senior BJP leader visited Sai Baba temple at Borim village in South Goa.
