New Delhi, India: Rahul Gandhi said the country was going through an “economic emergency” and shock therapy was needed at the 2019 Congress Manifesto.
“Congress Will Deliver” – with this tagline, the party released its manifesto today for the national election starting April 11.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s poll promises along with his mother Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and P Chidambaram.
“When we started a year ago, I made it clear that nothing in this can be a lie, because we live in a time where we hear a large number of lies every day,” Rahul Gandhi said.
The party has promised 22 lakh government jobs by next March and 100 more days of assured jobs under MNREGA.
The Congress President said that the party will also have a separate budget for farmers, who by default on loans would not be sent to jail as it will not be a criminal but civil offence.
The NYAY scheme, which assures Rs. 72,000 per year for India’s poorest is also one of the five main themes of the manifesto. “And this will help remonetize what Mr. Modi had demonetized,” said Mr Gandhi.
He said the country was going through an “economic emergency” and shock therapy was needed. “That will happen when we give directly to the poor and increase their buying power.”
Rahul Gandhi coined the “Goods and Services Tax (GST)” as “Gabbar Singh Tax” and said the he pledges to turn the latter “back into GST” and simplify it.
“The narrative is NYAY. It is if (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi can give Rs. 30,000 crore to Anil Ambani, then Congress can give Rs. 72,000 to the poorest. Modi has got a shock effect of this. He’s hiding behind excuses. He can’t hide behind the reality, which is joblessness,” said Rahul Gandhi.
“(PM Modi) promised Acche Din, but the chowkidar is a chor,” he added.
When asked whether he was the Congress’s prime ministerial candidate, Rahul Gandhi said: “It is on the country, it is not on me. I just work. You have to ask the people of the country.”
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