Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh: Addressing his first poll rally in the state post the announcement of Lok Sabha poll schedule, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said, “We fulfilled all these promises.”
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday that the ‘Nyay’ minimum income scheme promised by his party will act like “petrol” and revive the economy.
With the Nyay scheme, people will be able to buy things they need “which will revive manufacturing units and thereby generate employment opportunities”, he said.
“Nyay scheme will act like petrol for the Indian economy which will kickstart its engine,” he added.
Taking a jibe at Narendra Modi and his 2014 poll promises, he lashed the BJP for being unable to provide jobs and ease to farmers.
“In 2014, Narendra Modi made tall promises of providing two crore jobs, fair prices to farmers and depositing Rs 15 lakh in everyone’s bank account,” the Congress chief said.
Instead, Modi “snatched money from the poor and put it in the pockets” of a few businessmen, he said.
“Modi had raised hopes of people by promising to deposit Rs 15 lakh in their
account. I was well aware that it cannot be done,” Gandhi said.
Congress, which won the state elections last December in Chhattisgarh after 15 years, is currently electioneering for Lok Sabha elections with an agenda to keep local issues the hot topic.
“We asked different sections of Chhattisgarh’s society and asked them what they expected from the government. They told us to waive their farm loans, increase MSPs, return their lands acquired by Tata. We fulfilled all these promises,” Gandhi added.
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