Narendra Modi Speech at Chennai on 8 February 2014 (Full Speech in Hindi & Tamil) Chennai: Narendra Modi launches blistering attack on Chidambaram | 08-Feb-2014 22:08 PM Chennai: Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who had questioned his knowledge of economy, saying under his stewardship the country's economy has plunged to new depths in growth. Taunting him repeatedly as "Recount Minister"(a reference to his 2009 poll victory in the recount), the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate said India under him and noted economist Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has registered high unemployment, fiscal debt and low growth. "Going to Harvard means nothing. What matters is hard work. A man who has just studied in an ordinary school, sold tea and has not even seen the doors of Harvard has shown what it takes to handle economy. "Gujarat has shown an average growth of 10.1 percent for the last ten years while the national average has been 7.6 under UPA and it has fallen to 4.5 in the last two years," he said. Modi was severe on Chidambaram who had recently said in Davos that Modi's knowledge of economy can be written on the back of a postage stamp. "The Recount Minister has been using foul language against me for quite sometime now. I have been maintaining silence because the more mud you throw, lotus will blossom all the more," he said. Chidambaram, he said, is so arrogant that he thinks that he is the repository of all knowledge. "He behaves as if he was the first in the queue when God was distributing intelligence," Modi said. BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is addressing a public meeting at VGP Ground at Vandalur, 25 kilometres from here, on Saturday. Modi addressed two rallies earlier in the day, one in Imphal in Manipur and another in Guwahati in Assam. This is Modi's third visit to Tamil Nadu since his anointment as the PM candidate of his party in September last year. 9:40 pm Thanking the six political parties who attended the rally, Modi said, " I thank the 6 political parties who have come here to cooprate with us to build a glorious India". 9:20 pm Hitting out at Union minister Chidambaram, who is from Tamil Nadu, Modi said, "An arrogant minister from Tamil Nadu said Modi's knowledge is such that it can be written behind a postal stamp". "Only if you put a postal stamp, a letter gets delivered. I have proven myself as an administrator but what have you done as an economist?", Modi hit out at Chidambaram. "You are here because of Harvard, I am here because of my hardwork", he said. "Dear Finance Minister, knowledge of economics does not come from books alone", he said, taking a dig at Chidambaram. Further, Modi slammed the UPA government for not creating jobs for the youth in the country. 9:15 pm Congress respect corruption a lot. Their allies are allowed to loot and in Tamil Nadu, you have the beneficiaries too, said Modi, taking a dig at the DMK government in the state. 9:10 pm Slamming the UPA's style of functioning,Modi said, ""Centre vs State, Party vs Government, Government vs Supreme Court, Defence Minister vs Army this is what is happening". Our Federal Structure must be respected in letter & spirit. Irrespective of which party it was, Atal ji embraced them all, he said. 9:00pm "In the last 60 years never before has there been tension between the Centre and the Armed Forces", said Modi. But in last 10 years, the forces are dived in sectarian lines, thanks to the UPA government, he said. The thought and work culture of UPA has put India on the verge of disintegration & to save nation we need to bid them goodbye, he said. Work culture must be of cooperation but confrontation, he added. 8:55 pm Raj Bhawan, IT departments, various commissions and even CBI are being misused, said Modi. "To win trust votes CBI is misused. They are used to make and break governments", he said. "Grains meant for poor were given to alcohol makers at 80p even when SC said give it to the poor", he added. 8:51 pm Raj Bhawans have become Congress Bhawans, says Modi. Elected governments pass laws but governors do not sign them. This is the institutional decline they are doing, he said. 8:47 pm "Such a noble nation we are but on all 4 sides we are being troubled be it China, SL, Bangladesh, Pakistan", said Modi, referring to the incident of Srilanka arresting Tamil fishermen. "We need a strong government in Delhi.

• published: 08 Feb 2014
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