Congress MP and Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attacked the Modi government in Simdega and said that in their eyes you are forest dwellers. They want to snatch what is yours - water, forest, land, everything, he said.
Gandhi said that the fight of Jharkhand Assembly Elections 2024 is between those who are protecting the Constitution and those who are trying to end the Constitution. On one side there are those who call you tribals, on the other side there are those who do not call you tribals.
The worst leader of Congress was holding an election rally in favor of Bhushan Bada of Congress. In the year 2019, Bhushan Bada of Congress won the election from Simdega assembly seat by a very small margin of votes. In the 2009 and 2014 elections, BJP won from here.
Gandhi said that our alliance is trying to protect the Constitution while BJP and RSS want to end it. He said that the Constitution is not just a book, but it includes the thoughts of Birsa Munda, Ambedkar, Phule and Mahatma Gandhi. He said that he believes that this Constitution protects the tribals, Dalits, backward and poor, therefore, the INDIA alliance wants the country to run through the Constitution. He said that if we come to power, we will remove the 50 per cent limit on reservation. He said that we will increase SC, ST and OBC reservation. OBC reservation will be increased to 27 per cent. There is no participation of Dalits, backward and tribals in the country.
BJP and RSS are against Dalits, backward and tribals, he said. "If the Government of India takes a decision of Rs 100 in the budget, an officer from the tribal community takes a decision of only 10 paise. The tribal community constitutes 8 per cent of the population, eight out of 100 and your contribution is 10 paise out of 100 rupees. I want 90 per cent of the people of the country to run this country and the BJP wants 2-3 people to run the country. PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Ambani and Adani are running this country," Gandhi said.
The senior Congress leader said that the wealth of the entire country, whether it is your land, forest, everything will be snatched from you. Rs 16 lakh crore of 25 industrialists will be given to these 10-15 big billionaires. If there is even one tribal, Dalit or backward class person among them, then you tell me. The BJP says that I am spoiling the habits of farmers. When the Modi government waived off their loans, did you not spoil the habits of billionaires?, he said.
Gandhi said, “Let me tell you about Manipur. The BJP burnt Manipur and till date, the Prime Minister of India has not visited there. This means that he has accepted the fact that there is no state like Manipur. Manipur burnt because of the ideology of the BJP.”