Rahul Gandhi puts third question for PM Modi

New Delhi: Back in New Delhi after two days of hectic campaigning in Gujarat, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi continued to ask questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Asking the third question in the series “a question a day”, Mr Gandhi asked Mr Modi why the coffers of four private firms were filled between 2002-2016 by buying power of Rs 62,549 crore. “By reducing the capacity of state power units by 62 per cent, why was power bought from private companies at upto Rs 24 per unit against `3 per unit? Why was public money squandered?” he tweeted.

“22 salon ka hisaab, Gujarat maange jawaab” is the tagline that is being used by Mr Gandhi. He has already asked two questions to the Prime Minister. The Congress has been questioning the Gujarat model of development in it campaign in the state.

The BJP has sent its senior ministers and chief ministers of states to campaign actively for the party in the state. The Congress is relying on its senior leaders to burst the balloon of the 22-year rule of the BJP in the state.

The Congress will also be fielding former PM Manmohan Singh in the campaign trail of Gujarat. Dr Singh will be visiting the business hub of Guj-arat, Surat on Saturday and address a press conference also. This will be the second visit of Dr Singh to the poll-bound state. He had visited Ahmedabad and spoken about the hasty implementation of GST and the ill-effects of demonetisation.

Apart from Dr Singh, senior leaders like former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Leader Of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad are also scheduled to address public meetings and press conferences. Gujarat goes to polls in two phases on December 9 and 14.