“Who can forget the efforts of late Sh. Rajiv Gandhi to
develop the Dahej region which is now considered to be one of the biggest
industrial areas?” asked Sonia Gandhi in a Congress rally during her recent Gujarat campaign.
When many of her opponents, including Narendra Modi, indulge
in personal attack on their opponents, here is a leader who consistently
focuses the issue of development and welfare of people. Sonia Gandhi not only
has been merely saying, but also put in her sincere efforts to pressurize the
Congress-led governments to frame pro-poor policies. The landmark UPA policies like Mahatma Gandhi
NREGA, Right to Education, Right to Information, Mid-day meal scheme are some
of the examples for her effective intervention. Further the Congress president
is keen to make policie3s Food Security bill and Women Reservation bill a
reality. She has been consistently pushing for the need to ensure safety and
security of the women in the country.
Sonia Gandhi always
said “Congress will work with sincerity, honesty, determination and commitment
to fulfill the promises made in the Congress manifesto and will bring in
radical development” and the time proved that she not only promises but
delivers too.
She paid special attention to the affairs of the tribals.
The right to forest Act is an example by which Adivasis could ensure the rights
in the forest land and it was a landmark step towards upliftment of
tribals. During the recent campaign for
the Gujarat polls also Sonia Gandhi took up this issue and had said “The people
of Southern Gujarat are polite, honest and hardworking. But still, why there is so much poverty in
this adivasi dominated area? Why there are no improvements in the life and
financial condition of adivasis in the state?
”
Further she took
special interest in the farmers’ cause.
It was because of her consistent pressure that the Congress-led UPA
Government had waived off loan worth crores
of the poor farmers.
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