Rahul Gandhi in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Gwalior to address a mega Congress rally.

Rahul Gandhi addresses Congress rally at Lalpur Ground in Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally at Lalpur Ground in Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. The Congress leader also is scheduled to meet those admitted to hospital after being injured in the Sunday's stampede at Ratangarh temple. Rahul Gandhi will address another at Mela Ground in Gwalior later. Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections will be held on November 25th to elect a new Assembly.

Rahul Gandhi at a Congress rally at Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi reaches Shahdol at Madhya Pradesh to address a mammoth Congress rally in the state. He will later address yet another rally at Gwalior too.

Rahul Gandhi in Punjab addresses Congress rally; describes Prime Minister as his political guru

Sangrur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi while addressing a mammoth rally in Punjab’s Singrur, showered praises on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his efforts for development and also called him as his political guru.

When I was attending the inauguration of the Hospital today (Vijay Indra) Singlaji told me that ‘today is the happiest day of my life”. I could see tears in his eyes. Yes.. this is a happy moment. If you have this hospital here today, it is because of Ghulam Nabi Azad who sanctioned it and because Singlahi who applied pressure for this.

You must have heard about my comment on Ordinance (on convicted lawmakers) opposing the same.  When I was visiting Gujarat recently I had an interaction with the media. The press persons asked me about my comment on the Ordinance. I had said that such an Ordinance is nonsense. The journalists commented that I made the statement on Ordinance at a wrong time. I asked them whether my said comment was right or wrong. They replied that what I said was right. So, I asked them whether there is any fixed time to tell the truth! Has that time come in Indian politics that one should search for auspicious time to tell the truth? I want to change this. We must tell the truth if we want to fight corruption.

While I was coming here, I was just thinking what to speak about today at this rally. Even my colleagues in office complain that I do not speak based on the points prepared by them. It is correct also.. I note down the points but rarely use it in my speeches. Today also I was thinking about a topic on which I can talk. Suddenly an incident came to my mind.

When I was a kid, one day my father – who was a pilot like Capt. Amrinder Singh, was about to fly an aircraft. My mother looked at the sky and noticed that weather was bad.  She complained to me and Priyanka (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) that weather is not conducive to fly aircraft but our father is going ahead. After that, whenever my father leaves we used to look at the sky to see whether climate is good or bad.

Why I am telling this now? There is a reason. I can see good number of women in front me. We all get strength from them. When a mother is scared, a house is also scared and when a house is under scare, entire nation will be scared.
I am sure that there won’t be a single mother in Punjab who is not bothered about her children. The main reason for that fear is the menace of drugs.
We now talk about right to food. I can tell you that Punjab provides food to the entire country. I want to assert that without the farmers of Punjab and Haryana we cannot ensure food security in our country.

But the youth in Punjab also have a fear. They worry whether they would be able to fetch a good job to support their families. The mothers in Punjab fear about the menace of drugs and the youth have the fear of unemployment. These two fears are prevailing here. We need to take out fears of drugs and unemployment from Punjab to take this state forward.

There is no problem with the people of Punjab. You only gave me Manmohan Singh Ji (PM). I have two gurus in politics; one is the Congress President and the other is Dr. Manmohan Singh. I also want to underline that no one else has done so much development work for our country as done by Manmohan Singhji.. You only give him to us. The most important quality of a politician must be good intention. If intention is clear, we can achieve everything. Manmohan Singh ji has a pure intention.

We run a government (at the centre) from 2004. We have redefined the concept of development. People ask us what UPA has done for the people. We initiated the politics of granting rights to the people. What we decided is to give people their rights – without any discrimination of caste, religion or region.
We gave you the right to job, right to education, right to food and right to information. These rights empowered the people in our country. RTI acts as a powerful tool to fight corruption. It gave strength to the people. Anyone can get any information about government activities and the facts which were earlier hid behind the closed doors have now started coming out in open.
Who brought such powerful laws? It is not BJP but the Congress did it. Please see what is happening in BJP ruled states.. what is the status of RTI commissioner.. you can see it.

Congress implemented such laws to empower the people; to give people more strength. Remember, we will not stop.. but will continue with such efforts.
Congress implemented Panchayati Raj system. The youth of 21st century want to empower themselves. Even today, we are not yet wholly successful in empowering rural poor despite Panchayati Raj. Congress is trying to solve this problem. We want to empower the rural poor and aam aadmi.

I also want to tell something about women. Till we induct more and more women into politics, we cannot develop. If we want achieve the expected growth, we want more and more women in politics.

Elections are approaching.  I am sure that Congress will win both the Lok Sabha and next Assembly polls in Punjab. There is no doubt about it. We believe in inclusive politics. We want development by including every section of the society. 

I had visited riot-hit Muzaffarnagar riots. Hindus and Muslims died in the riots..I spoke to both communities, they told me, there is no anger between them. They love each other. It was the politicians who have created this rift.  The feeling of hatred was spread by BJP and SP. They told me that the riots were orchestrated by these 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. It is the poor who suffer the most due to riots. They love peace.

I want to request one thing to Akali Dal leaders. There are a lot of farmers who put in their hard work in Gujarat. Some of them have come to me with tears in their eyes complaining about the atrocities they face in Gujarat. They face the threat of eviction by the Gujarat Government. I agree, they are from Punjab and are working in Gujarat; but ultimately they are Indians first then only Punjabis.

This is a wrong politics and a bad policy of the Gujarat Government. I, therefore, request the Akalidal Government here to please advice your partner in government (BJP) to stop such misdeeds and give back the lands of farmers to your people.

I just wanted to share these points to you. Before concluding, I want to tell that our country cannot progress without the people of Punjab as it ios the people of Punjab who provide food to the entire nation. I will never forget this and I am thankful to all of you for this.
Thank you.

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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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Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi celebrate Dussehra at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi

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Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh attended the Dussehra celebrations at the famous Ramlila maidan. Priyanka Gandhi also participated in the event. The leaders shot the arrows at the effigy of Raavana at the function in Ramlila Grounds. Tens of thousands of people converged on this occasion to witness one of the biggest commemorations of Dussehra at Delhi's popular Ramlila Maidan and Subhash Maidan. Sonia Gandhi greeted the people on Dussehra and wished that the festival brings peace, prosperity and progress throughout the country. Dussehra was celebrated with deep fervour and enthusiasm in different parts of Delhi and in other parts of the country on Wednesday.

Sonia Gandhi takes part in the Dussehra celebrations at Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh attended the Dussehra celebrations at the famous Ramlila maidan. The leaders shot the arrows at the effigy of Raavana at the function in Ramlila Grounds. Tens of thousands of people converged on this occasion to witness one of the biggest commemorations of Dussehra at Delhi's popular Ramlila Maidan and Subhash Maidan. Sonia Gandhi greeted the people on Dussehra and wished that the festival brings peace, prosperity and progress throughout the country. Dussehra was celebrated with deep fervour and enthusiasm in different parts of Delhi and in other parts of the country on Wednesday.