Rahul Gandhi: People of UP are intelligent, they will oust divisive forces and will vote for Congress

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed his second election rally at Salempur at Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. He slammed the ruling Samajwadi government in the state for ignoring development and also slammed the BJP for its divisive politics. “For the past 25 years, no one – SP, BSP or BJP – talks about development of the state of Uttar Pradesh. But are you getting any benefits from these parties? There is no problem with the people here. The problem is with these non-Congress parties. The youth and women here have tremendous potential but the state government is not supporting you. This has been happening here for the last 25 years” said the Congress MP from Amethi.

Only Congress committed for development, Rahul Gandhi says in Salempur (UP)

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed his second election rally at Salempur at Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. He slammed the ruling Samajwadi government in the state for ignoring development and also slammed the BJP for its divisive politics.

“For the past 25 years, no one – SP, BSP or BJP – talks about development of the state of Uttar Pradesh.  But are you getting any benefits from these parties? There is no problem with the people here. The problem is with these non-Congress parties. The youth and women here have tremendous potential but the state government is not supporting you. This has been happening here for the last 25 years” said the Congress MP from Amethi.

Uttar Pradesh is not having a Congress government for the past 25 years. When we were fighting 2004 general elections, we had made a promise to the people that if we win the elections we will form a government at the Centre which works for aam aadmi, the poor, the women and the youth. We had promised that we will take measures to empower the poor and downtrodden.

UPA-1 gave you the right to job. We gave the people the right to job without any discrimination. Lakhs of people could avail its benefits and we guaranteed minimum of 100 days jobs to the rural poor. Opposition raised questions from where we will have money for it. We showed them how can we arrange resources. We also waived off the loans worth Rs. 70000 crore of the poor farmers. 

We have now implemented Food Security law which guarantees that no one in our country would live hungry. Every poor across the country is now guaranteed with food grains at Rs. 1 per kilo gram. All the Congress ruled states are implementing this scheme. Uttar Pradesh is going to get maximum benefits out of this Food Security Bill, but the state government here says that it will not implement this till the next general elections. Please put pressure on state government to implement this Bill because Food Security is your right now.

For the past 25 years, no one – SP, BSP or BJP – talks about development of the state of Uttar Pradesh.  But are you getting any benefits from these parties? There is no problem with the people here. The problem is with these non-Congress parties. The youth and women here have tremendous potential but the state government is not supporting you. This has been happening here for the last 25 years.

Ultimately what is happening? These parties make people fight each other. That is what happened in Muzaffarnagar. I had gone there and had talked to both Hindus and Muslims. Both of them told me that there is no hatred among them. They told me that some political parties are inciting hatred among them and make them fight each other for narrow political gains. Who is the loser? It is the common people who suffer – not political leaders or parties.

No one is going to reap any benefit from such divisive politics. Congress party is against such ideology. We believe in inclusive growth and harmony.  We want everyone –Hindu, Muslim, Sikh - to take part in the process of development. This land belongs to all citizens.
These political parties, which spread hatred among the communities, think that they can reap political gains by such divisive tactics.

Remember, such violence take place only during elections because they think that they can win elections by engineering such riots. But I want to remind them that the people of Uttar Pradesh are intelligent. They identify the parties which incite violence and spread divisive agenda.
I also want to tell such parties that the people of Uttar Pradesh will again vote for Congress so that they need an aam aadmi government at the Centre. They did it in 2004, 2009 and they are going to do it again in 2014. They want a government that works for the people; they want a government that realises their pain; they need a government that benefit the poor farmers.

The state government here does not talk about generating employment or industries. Only Congress does so. We implemented right to job, Right to Food, RTI and waived off loans of the poor farmers – all these measures were aimed at the welfare of the common people.  But the people are not able to avail its full benefits as the state government is not properly implementing such schemes. Please put pressure on your state government to implement central schemes properly. It is for your benefit.

I urge the Congress workers here to adopt all possible measures to get the food security law is implemented here successfully. This is the way to support the people of UP. Congress party has been implementing welfare schemes for the benefits of entire people and it is your responsibility to spread its messages among the grassroots. I want every household in Uttar Pradesh avails the benefit of Food Security law.
Only the women and the youth can transform the state. We need more and more women and youth in politics to cleanse the system. We need to empower them and make them MPs and MLAs. We need the people of UP to stand up and fight to change the state of affairs here. You see what is happening in Rajasthan. There is no shortage of electricity there and there is adequate water. We have a Congress government there.  You can see similar development in Maharashtra and Delhi where Congress is in power.

We need to take everyone along with us, without any discrimination, and must bring in changes. I am confident that the people in front of me can do it.

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Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress Election rally at Salempur(UP)

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Rahul Gandhi strikes chord with aam aadmi at Rampur ; says Congress vision is Indian vision

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, after speaking at a mammoth Congress rally in Aligarh, addressed another mega rally at Rampur in which he took the opposition for ignoring the poor. He also slammed the ruling Samajwadi Party Government for not implementing the food security bill in Uttar Pradesh.

I want to tell you that no one can suppress people’s voice.
You have an aam aadmi government at the Centre. We do the politics of giving rights to the people. We gave the people their right to job which guaranteed minimum 100 days job to the rural poor.  This benefitted crores of people in our country.

Now we have implemented the right to food. We are going to provide 35kg of food grains to the entire poor families in the country at Rs. 1 per kg. We have already implemented this law at several places, though UP government has not yet done so. There were people who work hard every day but sleep in hunger. Those days are over now. From now onwards, no one in our country will live hungry. No parents will have to be worried that their children will have to sleep with empty stomach. We have thus now made a new slogan “have stomach full of rotis; vote for Congress”.

We have a PDS system here. But unfortunately about 20-25% food grains is stolen in PDS. Congress therefore thought that this will end if we give the people their right to food. So Congress gave the people a right and guarantee through food security bill. 

But, what is happening in Uttar Pradesh? When we, the Congress Government, guarantees 35kg of food grains every month to the poor, across the country, the state government in Uttar Pradesh says that it would not implement this important scheme here in UP till 2014 elections. They are afraid that if it implements food security law brought in by the Congress in UP, the people in large numbers will vote for the Congress party and the ruling party here will face a huge defeat. So, I want to tell you to pressurise the state government in UP; because now it is your right to get good. The Congress government at the Centre has given you right to food and the entire people in UP must be able to avail its benefit. So you must demand it from the state government; this is your fight; this is the fight of the Congress party too. 

I want to share some the local issues here. While all other regions are moving forward, and industries are prospering, here in Rampur the wood and plywood factories are facing shut down. Common people are suffering. We want more industries to come up and want no factories must be closed down.

I want to tell you something about Congress party. The vision of Congress party is the vision of India. We practice the politics for the welfare of aam aadmi and the poor. We talk about people’s rights and we want inclusive growth.

While Congress believes in unity, there are some parties who indulge in divisive politics. They try to create division among communities and make them fight each other. I went to Muzaffarnagar where Hindus and Muslims died in the riots..I spoke to both communities; they told me that there is no enemity between them. Politicians have created this rift.  They told me that the riots were orchestrated by the people who want to divide people. No politician dies in riots, the common man does. No political leader died in Muzaffarnagar. Poor people, journalists and the person who fight for common people died there. No one had any benefit. This is not the politics of the Congress.  We want everyone to live in peace and talk development.

Only the women and the youth in Uttar Pradesh can bring in positive changes in the state. You have witnessed both SP and BSP regimes. Could you experience any development? There has been zero development in Uttar Pradesh - whether it was the SP or the BSP. This state can surge ahead only if we talk about growth and brotherhood and only Congress party can do so.  If UP has to be truly transformed, you need to vote and bring the Congress to power.

Can there be a better and noble service than ensuring food to entire people? It is the Congress party which brought this Food Security bill. But the opposition tried to halt the bill for three years. But Manmohan Singh Ji and Sonia Ji worked with determination to get the bill passed.

Now I want to tell something about Land Acquisition bill. Few years back, some farmers were killed in Aligarh and Bhatta-Parsaul. We came to you and joined you in your battle. When farmers were killed here, we promised that we would protect them. When the state Govt acquired lands of the poor farmers, they never sought your consent. But whenever the lands of rich people were to be acquired, the government gave proper market price for their lands. But no one asked the poor farmers when the government acquired their lands. This was the situation. I promised that Congress will fight with you and surely win it. It took time, but the promise was fulfilled. We fought and we made sure that the Bill was passed. The opposition tried to play all tricks to block this Bill; but finally the Bill was passed by the Parliament and I want to tell you clearly that the farmers will be the biggest beneficiaries. 

We will continue with our efforts to serve the poor. We will continue to fight for the poor, youth, farmers and aam aadmi. I want to tell the women in front of me that all those states achieved a boost in development where women are empowered – whether it is Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala or Andhra Pradesh.   Only Congress talks about eomen empowerment. That is why we implemented reservation for women in Panchayats. We will implement the same in Assembly and Parliament also. These women, who are sitting in front of me, do not talk much but they play a great role in nation building.

A woman came to me and said you have given us 50% reservation in Panchayats - now when are you doing the same for Parliament and Assembly? I told her if you get 50% in Parliament and Assemblies, the rest 50% you'll get by controlling your husband - so women will have 100% reservation. Without any doubts I want to reiterate that only the women and the youth can transform our country.

The reality is that the people’s voice is not being heard properly by the government or the bureaucracy.  It is mainly because the doors of the political parties are closed for aam aadmi. I want to change this; I want to give voice to the common people. Why Rajiv Gandhi brought Panchayati Raj; to empower rural masses. But even this Panchayati Raj system could not empower the rural poor in the required manner.

Situation has been changing now. Congress party wants to empower people. We gave you Right to Job, Right to food and Right to Information. RTI is a big tool to empower the citizen. Open the closed doors of the government and bureaucracy and put the common man there. Let people know what is happening behind closed doors. Empower common people with laws like RTI. The people - – the youth, the women have the strength. Politicians and bureaucrats should be scared of amm aadmi.
Politicians must be accountable to the people. People should keep on asking questions to the government and government must answer them and if anyone fails to give proper answer to the people, he should be put behind bars.  This is the concept behind RTI and Congress gave that power to you.

Congress wants to give more and more rights to the people. Opposition asks us what we have done in the past eight years. They do not realise the pains of the poor. Hunger is the biggest challenge before us and we gave you right to food. Country achieved maximum economic growth under the UPA Government. The common people could get enormous benefits under the UPA Government.

 In 2004, BJP introduced a slogan India Shining. Everyone said Congress will lose; but Congress returned. People routed the BJP and voted for Congress. In 2009 also people reposed faith in Congress party. I want to tell clearly that if we want to win elections, we must serve the poor. But these opposition parties do not go to the poor, do not talk to them. They do not realise the people’s issues. They only talk big things to media persons.

Please note that in 2014 also Congress is going to win. We will again from a government that works for youth, women and aam aadmi. We will again transform the country with the help of the people and by empowering the underprivileged.
Thank you.

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Rahul Gandhi in Aligarh addresses mega Congress rally; slams opposition

Aligarh: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi kick started his party's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls by addressing a mammoth rally in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh. While speaking on the occasion, Rahul Gandhi referred to the recent Muzaffarnagar riots and said those riots were instigated by political parties. "I want to tell you something about Muzaffarnagar. Hindus and Muslims died in the riots..I spoke to both communities; they told me that there is no anger between them. Politicians have created this rift. They told me that the riots were orchestrated by the people who want to divide people", said the Congress Vice President.

Rahul Gandhi in Rampur addresses mega Congress Rally

Congress Vice President and Member of Parliament from Amethi Rahul Gandhi addressed a mammoth Congress rally in Rampur. He slammed the opposition for its anti-people ideology and attitude.

Rahul Gandhi in Aligarh addresses mega Congress Rally

Congress Vice President and Member of Parliament from Amethi Rahul Gandhi addressed a mammoth Congress rally in Aligarh. He slammed the opposition for its anti-people ideology and attitude.