Unity of like-minded parties a must for Lok Sabha battle, urges Cong chief
Taking on the Narendra Modi Government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Centre’s crop insurance scheme is aimed at taking away farmers income to fill up pockets of big businessmen.
At his first Jan Aakansha rally rally in Bihar after taking over as party president, Rahul accused the Nitish Kumar Government of making “empty promises” like Modi. Rahul promised that if the Congress is voted to power in the Lok Sabha polls a number of steps would be taken to deal with farm distress and unemployment.
Calling upon “like-minded parties” to unite in order to defeat the Modi Government in the Lok Sabha election, Rahul said, “We have to move together to defeat the BJP-led NDA.” This was the first time in many years that the Congress organised a rally in Bihar on its own.
The Congress leader again pledged to waive farmers’ loans if his party comes to power.
“The Congress Governments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh have waived farmers’ loans as promised,” Rahul said.
“If a Congress-led Government comes to power in Delhi, farm loans will be waived across the country.”
He also pledged to provide Patna University the status of Central university.
Rahul was at his aggressive best at the rally, also attended by leaders of Congress allies including the RJD, and said his party will play politics on the front foot, not on the back foot.
He expressed confidence that the Congress and its allies would win the Lok Sabha polls.
Gandhi took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding to know what he had done in the last five years to ensure employment for the youth of Bihar.
“Thanks to your empty promises, Bihar is now the centre of unemployment.”
Gandhi added that if the Congress formed a government in New Delhi, it will guarantee minimum income to every poor person.
“We will deposit money in the bank accounts of every poor in the country.”
Gandhi again called Modi a “chor” (thief) over the Rafale deal.