lucknow uttaranchal chief minister nd tewari on monday said that politics was essentially meant to accelerate development brushing aside all differences for the sake of the peoplespeaking on economic development in india its direction and possibilities he cited the example of john kerry and george bush who spoke of identical programmes for development of the united states in spite of serious differences between them the views of the two presidential candidates he said were opposed to each other on matters of foreign defence and iraq policy but as far as development of the nation was concerned both have drawn up the same roadmap tewari saideven in india andhra pradesh chief minister is following economic policies diligently pursued by his predecessor n chandrababu naidu said tewari in the last few years hyderabad has emerged as a hub of computers and today many others were following the model in their respective areas said tewari he said this kind of social harmony was essential for growth of india and it could be achieved only when caste and other prejudices are swept asidetalking of the paradigm shift in policy formulations the uttaranchal chief minister said that today all over the world there was emphasis on reducing interest rate but this trend could threaten the value of indian currency which in effect would hit the poor it was essential to maintain the value of indian currency at all costs said tewari this disadvantage which was knocking at the door of the poor could be compensated for if small savings are encouraged he said adding that now the 12th finance commission had made it clear that the major part of this fund should go to the poorspeaking on how the technological march has left ideological differences behind tewari said that even china was following western countries leaving behind maos policy and in a short span the communist nation had made remarkable progress