The speeches, contained in the Book, were made by Modi at 'Chintan Shibirs' during his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister. (Photo: Reuters)

A book containing speeches made by Narendra Modi, during his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister, can soon be distributed amongst IAS officers in Rajasthan.

The Gujarat Chief Secretary has written a letter to his Rajasthan counterpart asking him to distribute copies of coffee table books containing speeches of Narendra Modi amongst IAS officers allotted to the desert state.

The speeches, contained in the book, were made by Modi at 'Chintan Shibirs' during his stint as Gujarat Chief Minister.

The letter, with the subject line: 'Selected speeches of Shri Narendra Modi delivered in Chintan Shibirs held in Gujarat during 2003 to 2011', is dated May 7, 2018.

The letter said, "It is my great pleasure to bring to your kind attention that we have published a coffee table book regarding the speeches delivered by Hon'ble Prime Minister during Chintan Shibirs held in Gujarat during the time he was Chief Minister of the State. Chintan Shibir was a pioneering initiative taken towards vibrant governance in Gujarat. As Chief Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had taken several initiatives of which Chintan Shibir was unique, without any precedent in the administrative history of the country. The meeting of minds, collective thinking, free expression of ideas and brainstorming led to the resolution of many issues that were faced by Gujarat."

"It gives me pleasure to forward the copies of the book to be provided to all serving All India Service Officers allotted to your state as well as three copies each to the Director General of state-level training institute including their library.", the letter further stated.

However, Congress did not seem to be in favour of the letter written by the Gujarat Chief Secretary.

"It seems that it is an effort by the Chief Secretary of Gujarat to develop a personality cult around the leader and it also seems that this is going to be something controversial which will be delivered to the officials in Rajasthan. As Chief Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, was against GST and he was also in favour of federalism and now, as Prime Minister, both the things run opposite according to his perspective. I think the officers who pursue such a high examination need not read some articles or speeches of any of the chief ministers because they have passed an examination and reading books of former Chief Minister, who is Prime Minister also, should not be compulsory for the officials. They should also be non-committal about the political personality.", Archana Sharma, Congress Spokesperson, told India Today.

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