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PM speeches in Maharashtra claim to build a dam in desert :Anant Gadgil

Mumbai, Nov 14 (UNI) Senior spokesperson of Congress, former MLA Ananth Gadgil has made ironic criticism on Thursday said that, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speeches during the election campaign of Maharashtra Assembly are a distortion of the facts and claiming to built a dam in the desert like that.
In his media statement Gadgil while quoting Prime Minister Modi 's statement said ''we have increased foreign investment in the last two and a half years due to the BJP government's focus on the three-pronged development of investment, infrastructure and industry.'' But in October 1.18 lakh crores of investment has not only been taken away from the Indian market by foreign investors, but also they sold shares worth Rs 2.79 lakh crore.
Mentioning that the Prime Minister created an impression in his speech that the IT sector is flourishing as the government is diverting a large share of the country's investment to Pune, But in reality, Gadgil said the speed of progress in the IT sector in Pune is slowing down and the job opportunities are decreasing.
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