Launching a frontal attack on MNS chief Raj Thackeray for his alleged hate speeches against north Indians, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi assured full security and safety to people migrating to Mumbai or anywhere else for jobs and asked them to “ignore” Thackeray’s outbursts.
“India is one. If the MNS chief makes hate speeches let him continue to do but please ignore it,” Rahul said during a rally at Pandaul, about six km from Bihar’s Madhubani district headquarters, while canvassing for Congress nominee and Union Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmed.
“We are committed for the security and safety of people who are migrating for jobs to Mumbai, New Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab or anywhere else,” Rahul, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family, said.
“The UPA government led by Manmohan Singh has done everything possible for the poor people in the country during the past five years and we are committed towards uplifting the dalits, poor and other oppressed sections of the society,” Rahul, who is on his second leg of electioneering in Bihar, said.
Calling on the people to vote for the party, he said, “It is very good that the Congress is going it alone in the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar.”
Evading any attack on the Congress’ old allies — the RJD-LJP combine, he made a scathing attack on Nitish-led NDA government in the state. “While India is progressing, Bihar is going backward,” he said.
Alleging that the centrally sponsored schemes are being trapped in Patna preventing the poor from getting their benefits, he claimed that lakhs of people from Bihar migrate to other states, including Punjab, Maharashtra and New Delhi for jobs.
Recalling his visit to a village in Uttar Pradesh where he met a dalit family, the AICC general secretary said he was moved by the plight of the family members.
The UPA, during its five years’ rule at the Centre had tried to reach justice to the poor, dalits and farmers, he added.
Listing out the achievements of the UPA government, Rahul said many schemes were launched for the poor and the loans of farmers were also waived off.
“We have enacted a legislation guaranteeing jobs for 100 days to poor people, besides waiving off loans to farmers,” he said.
He also criticised the state government for its alleged failure to reach help to the victims during the recent floods.
Lauding performance of Shakeel Ahmed as Union Minister, Rahul said, his party candidate for Madhubani constituency had been in constant touch with him for development of the area.
“We have given a lot of projects for Madhubani which now has direct rail connectivity with most of the major cities, including New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata,” he said.
Besides, several mobile towers have been set up for sorting out the communication problems in the area, he added.
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