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Rahul Gandhi takes a swipe at Narendra Modi

At a roadshow in Uttar Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi says Prime Minister Narendra Modi has forgotten farmers and Dalits after he got elected

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at a roadshow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTIPremium
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at a roadshow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Photo: PTI

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the prime minister works only for “15 people" and ignores the public.

Modi has forgotten farmers, Dalits and unemployed youth after he got elected, Gandhi said during a roadshow in Lakhimpur Kheri. “Modi-ji, if you want to oblige 15 people, you can. But you cannot forget the interests of other people of the country," he said.

Gandhi said the Congress party will force the Modi government to shed its “discriminatory approach" and work for each Indian.

The Congress vice-president’s security cover was tightened on Tuesday with additional security personnel after a shoe was hurled at him a day ago during a roadshow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

“The motive behind the kisan yatra is to press the Modi government to waive loans of every farmer, slash electricity bills of every Indian and give adequate prices to farmers for their crop," Gandhi said.

Accompanied by former Union minister Jitin Prasada, former Kheri member of Parliament Zafar Ali Naqvi and district Congress president Raghvendra Bahadur Singh, Gandhi reached Sankata Devi temple where he offered prayers before starting the roadshow.

He also garlanded a statue of B.R. Ambedkar near Nasiruddin Mauji Bhawan. Then he moved on to address people at Mitauli and Mohammadi.

“Why were Uttar Pradesh farmers who picked up a couple of cots during my khat sabha called thieves and Vijay Mallya who fled away with Rs10,000 crore was called just a defaulter?" Gandhi said.

He accused Modi of making false promises and asked people if they had received Rs15 lakh in their bank accounts as “promised" by the Bharatiya Janata Party leader while campaigning for the Lok Sabha election.

“During Congress regime, petroleum prices were at $140 per barrel but in Modi regime they dropped to just $40. But benefits were not passed on to common man," he said.

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Published: 27 Sep 2016, 09:36 PM IST
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