Former Union minister and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said the Bharatiya Janata Party should explain why Gujarat's growth has been low during its long rule in the state.
He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani should answer as to why Gujarat's gross domestic product growth had been lagging at around 6.5 percent during the last 22 years of the BJP rule.
The state, where assembly polls will be held next month, saw a high double-digit GDP growth during the tenure of Congress chief ministers Madhavsinh Solanki in the 1980s and Chimanbhai Patel in the 1990s, Scindia said.
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The Congress Lok Sabha MP pointed out that the state was now saddled with a debt of Rs 2,20,000 crore, while it was just Rs 10,000 crore in 1995 when the BJP came to power.
He was talking to reporters after an interactive session with youths here.
The condition of farmers, women, traders and many other groups in Gujarat has gone from bad to worse after note-ban and the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, the former Union minister said.
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