Since he could not ask Narendra Modi these questions in person , I believe Arvind has sent these to NaMo by courier

I just overheard NaMo dictating a reply to his secretary , which went somewhat like this :

Q 1… When will you raise KG Basin gas price to $ 16 ?
A 1… Not immediately

Q 2… You are buying solar energy at high prices
A 2…. Sunlight is expensive in Gujarat

Q 3…. How do you claim Agri growth rate is 11 % ?
A 3…. Gujaratis maintain duplicate books of account , where 1+1=11

Q 4…. Will you shut down all small industries in the country and handover
to select business houses ?
A 4…. Even Ambani / Adani empires are a mere 1 % in size of big World
Corporations . Who says they are big ?

Q 5…. How do you claim there is no corruption in Gujarat ? People are
talking otherwise !
A 5… Kuchh to log kahenge / Logo ka kaam hain kahena !

Q 6…. Couldn’t you find 2 honest persons for your ministry among 6 crore
Gujaratis ?
A 6… Yes , we found Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel
But they are unwilling to join !

Q 7… Comment on your relationship with Mukesh Ambani
A 7…. In politics , there are neither permanent friends nor permanent
enemies. Only permanent interests

Q 8… How do you claim there is no unemployment in Gujarat ?
A 8… Even an ” Employed ” Gujarati is always doing some personal ” part
time ” business on the sideline . And all , so-called ” Unemployed ”
Gujaratis are ” self-employed ” ! Ha ! Ha !

Q 9… Can an educated , self-respecting person survive on Rs 5,300 ?
A 9… Of course , he can
Aren’t you surviving without ANY salary for past 3 / 4 years ?
People say , despite being ” Self respecting ” , you are ” thriving ” !

Q 10… With such an education system , how can country progress ?
A 10… All Gujaratis are ” self educated ” at home . Why go to school ?
Remember , what eminent philosopher / mathematician Alfred
Whitehead , wrote in his seminal book , ” Aims of Education ” ?
” Only education worth its name is Self – Education ”

Q 11… Under such circumstances , why are you making claims of providing
good health services in Gujarat ?
A 11…. If we were not , why would doctors from around the World , call
our Anand , the ” Surrogate Capital of the World ” ?
Our medical services are so good that Medical Tourism is booming !

Q 12… In the last few years , 800 farmers have committed suicide in
Gujarat and you have stopped all subsidies to farmers
A 12… Suicide – rate amongst Gujarati Farmers is no worse than these
rates amongst Gujarati Dowery-Brides , Gujarati Jobless , Gujarati
Labour , Gujarati Minorities etc , which are , in turn , on par with
similar rates in other states .

Q 13… When you are not even giving power connections to farmers , then
why are you making hollow claims on providing electricity ?
A 13… So what is the big deal ?
Haven’t we given to all of them ” Internet ” connections to watch
my holographic 3-D projections online ? Don’t make a mountain
out of a mole-hill !

Q 14… You have snatched away farmers’ lands and given to industrialists
at cheap rates
A 14… Bullshit ! Farmers who sold their lands to TATA-NANO in Sanand ,
are all driving around in MERCs and AUDIs !

Q 15…. No water for Kutch . Why this discrimination ?
A 15… If there is plenty of water in Kutch , Pak Terrorists will infiltrate it
everyday ! Surely you know that across the Kutch border in Sind -
Pakistan , there is no water . Humm ! A business opportunity !

Q 16… Land of Sikhs in Gujarat . Why not take back your court case ?
A 16…. How can I get a ” clean cheat ” unless and until , Supreme Court
appoints a SIT ?

TV ANCHORS ,

Fill free to air this ” Scoop of the Week ” in your ” Big Debate ” etc
I am sure Jai Narayan Vyas and Gopal Rai would happy to answer
And , in person , too !

* hemen parekh ( 08 March 2014 / Mumbai )