Attacking the BJP and the AAP at a rally on Tuesday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said both the parties did nothing to create employment but kept indulging in spreading hatred in society.
The Congress leader said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are not interested in providing jobs to youngsters but keen on making one Indian fight another for staying in power.
Addressing an election rally in support for the Congress candidate from Jangpura, Tarwinder Singh Marwah, he slammed Modi for not talking about the economy and unemployment in his poll speeches and said the Prime Minister did not have the guts to do it.
Hitting out at the Prime Minister, Rahul said, “Modi promised two crore jobs annually but did nothing to ensure it. He talked about Pakistan but not about providing jobs and improving the economy. Jobs could be created by making India a manufacturing hub, but not in the manner the Government is working.”
“They (BJP) talk about the Hindu dharma, they talk about Islam, and they talk of Sikhism. They have no knowledge of religions. In Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism-- where is it written that attack other people, suppress them?,” he asked the crowd.
What kind of “Hindu dharma” is this of Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as Hinduism talked about taking everyone along, he said.
The aim of the BJP and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is to spread hatred in the society, something the Congress could never do, Rahul said.
“Do not harbour any illusion. Go to any person and you will find nationalism in his blood irrespective of his religion or whether he is poor or rich. The person who makes ‘deshbhakts’ (patriots) fight with each other, can he be a deshbhakt?,” Rahul asked the crowd,” he said.
“The Finance Minister is not ready to say how many youngsters got employment. She said I will not say it as Rahul Gandhi will ask me questions,” the Congress MP said as he slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech in Parliament as “hollow”.
He also targeted the Centre for slashing corporate tax and claimed that loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore were waived of 15 crony capitalists.”In my next speech, I will take out a list of how many projects Adani has been given by Modi. Airports and ports have been handed over. You will see Adani’s and Ambani’s names everywhere. This is not Narendra Modi’s Government, but a Government of Adani and Ambani. Only 15 people benefit from it,” Rahul said.
Referring to coronavirus, he said the countries manufacturing in China were looking at India for taking on the mantle of a leading manufacturer. “The whole world except China wants to invest in India. But when they look at India now, they see hatred, violence, rapes, goondaism, killings. Wherever you see in the last five years, one Indian talks to another Indian with hatred. This is not our history. This is a country of love,” Rahul said.