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Vadodara (PTI): Making a strong statement regarding the law and order situation in the state, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said, "all people are not treated equally in Gujarat".

"Yahan ke halat achche nahi hai. Sabh barabari ke nazar se nahi dekhe jate (The situation prevailing here is not good. Everybody is not treated equally)," said Singh while commenting on the law and order situation prevailing in Gujarat.

Addressing a gathering of senior citizens, freedom fighters, lawyers, doctors and others in Karelibaug locality, Singh asked, "Isn't the Indian Constitution equal for all?".

"Doesn't our Constitution state that man or woman, majority or minority, adivasi or Scheduled Caste, all have equal rights," he said.

"Do we want to destroy the legal rights existing in our country," he asked.

"Then do you think that Gujarat will be insulted if Congress party opposes the policies of the state government," he said, while referring to Narendra Modi's recent comment that Congress had insulted the state by using phrases like "merchants of death".

On the issue of terrorism, he said, "an atmosphere of fear is being created in Gujarat".

Singh requested the people not to be carried away by the false propaganda of the BJP government.

Talking about the power crisis in the state, Singh said, "Gujarat is a power deficient state". The situation is deteriorating day-by-day as this government has not done anything for increasing the capacity of power generation.

"Under these circumstances, how can Gujarat become the number one state in the country? How can new industries be set up in the state," he asked.

"The UPA government is setting up a 4,000 MW mega power station at Mundra," Singh said.

If the Congress comes to power, the work on this project will be completed in the next three years, he said, adding that the project will make Gujarat a power-surplus state.

"The BJP does not have an economic policy and it has no ideology in matters related to development and economic affairs," Singh remarked.

"In 1991, the BJP had opposed the reforms that we have ushered in (Manmohan Singh was the Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao-led-Congress government)," he said.

"If we had listened to the BJP then, what would have been the economic situation of the country today," the Prime Minister asked.

He said more than 300 debt-ridden farmers had committed suicide in Gujarat because of the state government's policies.

"The condition of the farmers is very bad. They are given just four to six hours of power supply as compared to the 14 hours they used to receive during the past Congress regime in Gujarat," he said.

"The present government has failed to understand the problems of the farming community", he added.

Talking about the rural development in Gujarat, Singh said, "the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme will be extended to all the districts of Gujarat from April 1 next year".

"At present it is being implemented in nine districts," he said.

"This will help in removing poverty from the villages of the state," Singh added.

Speaking about the Sardar Sarovar Project built on the river Narmada in Gujarat, Singh said, "it was UPA government which had given the approval for raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam to 121.92 meters".

"During six years of NDA rule nothing was done for raising the height of the dam," he said.

"It was our government which removed all the obstacles coming in the way of raising of the dam's height," he said.