New Delhi: BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday took a dig at the Congress-led government, saying the 2G scam affected the growth of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry in the country.
"The speed at which India was progressing in the ICT field was badly hurt by this incident. It is a challenge to recover from this," Modi said at an ICT Business Awards ceremony organised by Cyber Media here.
"The industry which showed progress in the highest speed got the biggest jolt because of this incident," he said.
On the development of science and technology in India, the Gujarat chief minister said: "We need to innovate according to the needs of the country, then only we can go hand in hand with the world."
He said during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, a lot of initiatives were taken in the ICT field, including the formation of an IT ministry.
"Unfortunately in the last one decade, specifically because of the 2G scam, it got a jolt," he said.
