Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there have been conspiracies to defame Gujarat and stop investments to his home State, but Gujarat ignored them and charted a new path of progress.
He was addressing a rally after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of development works in Kutch district ahead of Gujarat elections slated later this year.
Modi said he can clearly visualise that in spite of many deficiencies now, India will be a developed nation by 2047.
The PM inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth about ` 4,400 crore in Bhuj, including Kutch branch canal of the Sardar Sarovar project, new automatic milk processing and packing plant of Sarhad Dairy, Regional Science Centre at Bhuj, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Convention Centre at Gandhidham, Veer Bal Smarak at Anjar and Bhuj 2 substation at Nakhatrana.
“While Gujarat was dealing with natural calamities one after the other, there were conspiracies hatched to defame Gujarat in the country and the world. Repeated attempts were made to stop investment coming to Gujarat,” Modi said.
He said Gujarat ignored all efforts to defame it, defied the conspiracies and the State charted a new industrial new path of progress.