Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi, says 56-Inch chest will shrink to 5.6 inches

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a gathering of Congress workers in Jaipur as part of his two-day visit to Rajasthan. He slammed the BJP govt in Rajasthan as well as the Narendra Modi-led govt at the Centre. “ I never understood the practical use of pagdi. After walking 10 km in Rajasthan, I have understood the importance of a pagdi.. I liked the movie Lagaan about the poor of India, and tax being taken from farmers, and how they unite.. In the end, the farmers win. In the movie, and in real life.” He said. “The farmers in our country, the people and the Congress party will make the 56inch chest to 5.6 inch, if they try to grab the lands of the poor” warned the Congress leader.

Sonia Gandhi leads massive opposition march to President's House against Modi govt’s Land Bill

Congress president Sonia Gandhi led over 100 leaders from eleven opposition parties as they marched in a massive show of strength against the controversial Land Acquisition Bill to President's House in New Delhi on Tuesday. The march started from the Mahatma Gandhi statue outside Parliament and is expected to end with a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee against the amendments proposed by the Narendra Modi government to a similar bill passed by the UPA in 2013. Other leaders who walked with Sonia included former prime minister Manmohan Singh, CPM's Sitaram Yechury, CPI's D Raja, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien and Dinesh Trivedi, Samajwadi Party's Ramgopal Yadav, DMK's Kanimozhi, INLD's Dushyant Chautala and the RJD's Prem Chand Gupta.

At Kisan rally, Rahul Gandhi slams anti-farmer Modi govt

Calling Narendra Modi-led NDA government as "anti-farmer" and "pro industrialist", Congress on Sunday declared full scale war against it over Land Acquisition Bill with Rahul Gandhi accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bringing ordinance on it to pay back 'loan' of industrialists. "I tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back that loan now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snach their land and give it to his industrialist friends," he said addressing a farmers' rally here.

Modi government's land bill is anti-farmer, says Sonia Gandhi at Kisan rally

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Sunday that the Land Ordinance enacted by the Modi government was “anti-farmer”, but “it can’t silent farmers’ voices”. “Enough is enough”, said Sonia Gandhi, accusing the government of “rubbing salt on the wounds of farmers hit hard by unseasonal rains”, and saying there was a “huge gap between the words and deeds” of the PM and the BJP.

Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress Chief Ministers

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a conference of the Chief ministers of the party ruled states. She pointed out that the attempt to reduce coverage of food security from 67% to 40% is alarming while the entire system of food procurement, including MSP (minimum support price to farmers) is under assault.

Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Kolkata, slams PM Modi, CM Mamata Banerjee

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the NDA government’s “unfulfilled promises”, and also targeted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also slammed NDA govt over land bill as he referred to agrarian and tribal agitations in Nandigram, Bhatta Parsaul and Niyamgri. “When our (UPA) government was there, our PM wanted to go to Bangladesh. We spoke to her and requested Mamata Banerjee to go with us. She said no, ‘ekla chalo re’ (I will go alone). Now, Modiji is there, so no ‘ekla chalo re’. We will go together. Why is this happening? What is the friendship about? You must be knowing the reason,” said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress rally in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh); slams BJP

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi attended yet another huge election rally at Gwalior as part of his campaign in Madhya Pradesh. He launched a blistering attack on the ruling BJP government in the state and said that BJP has opened a university of corruption in Madhya Pradesh. “BJP leaders roam around the country and talk loud about corruption. But what is happening in Madhya Pradesh? Madhya Pradesh is a university of corruption. BJP has started a university of corruption in this state and it is still running” said the Congress President.