"In Bengal, the potholes have been created for the last 32 years, and God knows, how many years it would take for any government to fill up those potholes", said Modi.
Lauding the soil of Bengal, Modi said, this soil showed the way to fight social prejudices and evils in the 18th century.
If you go and see the names of prisoners at the Cellular Jail in Andaman islands who underwent lifeterm imprisonment during the British, you will find every alternate name of a Bengali, said Modi.
Modi recounted how the Centre suddenly clamped a ban on cotton export, and cotton growers in Gujarat faced a Rs 7,000 cr loss.
"We implemented the 5F formula. Farm to fibre, to fabric, to fashion to foreign, to bypass this ban on cotton exports", said Modi amidst applause.
The chief minister claimed that Gujarat achieved double the growth rate in tourism.