Chidambaram refutes Modi's allegations of discrimination

June 13, 2012 21:39

Rejecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claim, that the Centre was discriminating against the state, a Group of Union Ministers 'on media' today said such allegations were levelled by every non-Congress state government.

The GoM on media, which took on Modi for the first time ahead of the coming assembly elections, also challenged his case that Gujarat was ahead of the rest of the country.

"Gujarat's plan outlay has increased from Rs 21,700 crore in 2005-06 to Rs 51,000 crore in 2012-13. Obviously bigger contribution is from the state's own resource, but the central government is also contributing; we are not discriminating against any state government," Chidambram said.

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