patna on the eve of narendra modis hoonkar rally here bihar pradesh congress committee bpcc on saturday questioned the gujarat model of development by releasing various data of planning commission census of india and cag that put gujarat on the lower rung of development indexes giving data taken from the sites of various union government agencies and also procured through right to information act at the sadaquat ashram here bpcc president ashok choudhary asked the bjps prime ministerial candidate narendra modi why the number of people living below the poverty line bpl was increasing in gujarat if it was a developed state the number of bpl families in gujarat is more than that of rajasthan choudhary claimed rejecting modis oftrepeated slogan of vibrant gujarat choudhary said over 398 lakh farmers in gujarat still dont have electric connection despite modis three terms as cm he also claimed that gujarat reported 23 decline in foodgrain production in 201213 compared to previous year the state congress president also claimed that gujarat with 78 literacy is at 12th rank among the developed states while it was at 16th rank on the parameter of providing employment if gujarat is a really developed state why is it on 16th rank among the 28 states he asked bpcc chief also claimed that 55 women in gujarat were suffering from anaemia while 36 lakh households still dont have access to safe drinking water about 63 lakh families in gujarat still use wood or dung cake for cooking food these figures show the scenario of development in modis gujarat does modi want to replicate this poor performance at the country level he asked