Modi thanks PM for Birthday greetings
posted on Sep 18, 2012 @ 12:58PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are among the leaders who sent their good wishes to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on his 63rd birthday on Monday. However, within hours of his writing on Twitter that he was extremely thankful to Dr. Singh for his greetings, Mr. Modi attacked the Prime Minister for betraying the people of the country. He said the Prime Minister betrayed youth to whom he had promised jobs and provided none; betrayed the common masses to whom he had promised he would contain inflation but did nothing, and betrayed the women whom he assured that price rise would be controlled and instead helped it rise further. Modi began the day, visiting his mother, who stays with his brother in Ahmedabad, and later offered prayers at the Amba Mata temple at Ambaji before launching his Vikas Yatra and addressing addressed a youth convention in Rajkot. BJP national president Nitin Gadkari was present at Ambaji and greeted him. On the occasion, Modi raised the age limit for State government jobs from 25 to 28, and to 30 in cases where it was 28 now. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, socially and educationally backward classes and women would enjoy an additional benefit of five years in age limit. Modi raised the age limit within minutes of the State Congress announced its poll promise to increase it to 35 for government jobs. Modi asked the people whether they were happy with the progress Gujarat had achieved in his regime. cricketer and BJP leader Navjyot Singh Siddhu was present at the youth convention. Senior BJP leaders L. K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj sent birthday greetings to Modi.