Kichha/ Haridwar: Today Rahul addressed rally in Kichha, Udham Singh Nagar and accused the Centre of leaving protesting farmers on roads for a year amid the pandemic and alleged India now has a king who believes people should keep quiet when he makes a decision.
Addressing farmers at a rally, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress intends to provide a government that works in partnership with farmers, the youths and the poor.
Citing the example of the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh, he said farmers approached it for loan waivers and that was done within 10 days. A loan waiver worth Rs 70,000 crore was given to them.
“The Congress never shut its doors on farmers… We want to work in partnership with farmers, the poor, labourers so that every section feels it is their government,” the former Congress chief said.
Referring to the wealth gap in the society, the Congress leader spoke about “two Indias” with such income disparity which is “not seen anywhere else”.
With just a few days left for Uttarakhand to go to polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on today address another political rally in Haridwar. He said his party will provide employment to 4 lakh people in the state if voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls.
We will provide medical facilities at your doorstep. We had promised loan waiver for farmers in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Punjab and we did that, Rahul Gandhi said in Haridwar.
Making 4 promises, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress, if voted to power, will give employment to 4 lakh people and will also give LPG cylinder less than Rs 500. We will also implement ‘Nyay’ scheme, in which 5 lakh families will be given Rs 40,000 in a year.