"Good governance is based on love and fearlessness, but unfortunately today 'love' is missing in Gujarat and people are in a state of fear," he said.
For the last few months, Patel, a former chief minister, has come out openly against Modi. He has refused to renew his active membership of BJP, and is planning to form a third front for the coming assembly elections.
Alleging widespread corruption and use of black money, Keshubhai said that "unless we change the present administration there are chances of social break-down in the state".
Terming Modi government as government for the industrialists, Patel alleged that in the past eight years it had given away village grazing lands to industries and 6,000 farmers have committed suicides".
"Modi has policy of keeping people involved in festivals so that they don't have time to see the deteriorating governance," said another former chief minister, Suresh Mehta, who is supporting Keshubhai, on this occasion.
