Rahul Gandhi on Monday ridiculed NDA's 'India Shining' campaign, saying so long as "there is one poor and one unemployed in the country, India cannot shine".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday ridiculed NDA's 'India Shining' campaign, saying so long as "there is one poor and one unemployed in the country, India cannot shine".
"If you trust the poor, the country goes ahead faster. The poor in the country have shown that India is not shining contrary to the NDA's claim," Gandhi said at an election
meeting in this Upper Assam town.
"Till there is one poor and one unemployed in the country, India cannot shine. This is our belief and we will go ahead holding everyone's hand," the AICC general secretary
said.
Underlining the need to promote the poor and the adivasi community along the development process, he exhorted voters here to support prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi in ensuring the country's progress.
"Elections are here, support Manmohanji and Soniaji and make them victorious so that they can work for the poor, the adivasis for the country's development," he said.
"When Manmohanji and Soniaji won the last elections they made one promise to the people that if the UPA came to power it would be a government for the poor, common man, dalits and adivasis", Rahul reminded.
"In the last five years, UPA fulfilled that one promise. Rojgar programme was started and crores were given employment. A law was also made that if any Indian wants employment, the government guarantees that", he pointed out.
"Our farmers are helped by our government. Their Rs 7000 crore loan debt has been waived and the money given back to them to make a new future for them", the Congress leader said.
"For children we have given mid-day meal in all government schools to help the very poor parents who can't send their children to school as they have to work at home", Gandhi said.
"In Assam the adivasis have been given land and their right returned to them. Tribal councils have been formed for them. Manmohanji has relations with Assam and he has worked for the poor here. He has taken up flood control projects and gave Rs 140 crore from the centre", Rahul said.
"The UPA has led the country forward and much faster than the NDA had. The opposition makes various slogans as in Maharashtra and elsewhere only to make people fight with one another", he alleged.
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