Congress vice-president, whose security cover was further strengthened in wake of shoe attack on Monday, took a dig at the poor quality of roads in the State. He also vowed to continue his fight for the farmers till he was in Opposition, and to fulfill the promises made by him is the people voted his party to power in the coming Assembly elections.
“I had traveled about 2500 kilometers so far during my Deoria se dilli kisan yatra’ and I can say that the roads in UP are in very bad shape”, asserted Rahul while taking a dig on both the State as well as Central Government for poor quality of roads. He made above remarks while interacting with the public during his ‘Khat Sabha’ in lakhimpur Kheri on Tuesday morning. He said that both state and Central Governments are working against the interest of the farmers and a prime example of it are the cane growers who even not get their pending arrears cleared despite of various agitation. “I am your amplifier who will raise your voice in the Parliament to ensure justice for you all and if you give my Party support and help us to win election than we will fulfill all promises and will waive off loans within 10-days of formation of Government”, Rahul assured while appealing the public to rise above caste and religion politics.
Rahul Gandhi also continued his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he works only for “15-20” people and ignores the rest. Addressing the people during a road show in Kheri, the Congress vice president said, though the common man elected Modi as the Prime Minister, after the elections he has forgotten the farmers, the dalits, and unemployed youths. “Modiji, if you want to oblige 15 people, you can. But you cannot forget the interests of other people of the country,” Rahul said during the roadshow, which is part of his 2,500-km Kisan Yatra in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. He said Congress will force Modi government to shed its “discriminatory approach” and work for each Indian.
Accompanied by former Union minister Jitin Prasada, former Kheri MP Zafar Ali Naqvi and district Congress president Raghvendra Bahadur Singh, Rahul reached Sankata Devi temple where he offered prayers before starting the road show.
He garlanded the statue of BR Ambedkar near Nasiruddin Mauji Bhawan during his roadshow. He addressed people at Sankata Devi and near Dr Ambedkar Park. He also addressed meetings in Mitauli and Mohammadi.
“Why the Uttar Pradesh farmers who picked up a couple of cots during my ‘khat sabha’ were called thieves and Vijay Mallya who fled away with Rs 10,000 crore was called just a defaulter,” he asked. He accused the Prime Minister of making false promises and asked people if they had received Rs 15 lakh in their bank
accounts as “promised” by the BJP leader during the lok Sabha poll campaigns.
“During Congress regime, the petroleum prices were at USD 140 per barrel but in Modi regime they dropped to just USD 40 but benefits were not passed on to common man,” he said. On Monday evening, Rahul held a khat sabha in Oel locality of Kheri and interacted with the farmers. Seeking their support during the coming polls, he assured them of adequate power supply and loan
waiver. “The motive behind the Kisan Yatra is to press the Modi government to waive loans of every farmer, slash electricity bills of every Indian and give adequate prices to farmers for their crop,” he said.