Baran: Second time in the gap of just one week, Congress vice-resident Rahul Gandhi addressed yet another massive Congress rally in poll bound Rajasthan on Tuesday. Speaking at Krishi Upaj Mandi ground in Baran Rahul Gandhi slammed opposition for blocking several pro-poor initiatives of the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre.
Rahul Gandhi reached out to aam aadmi during the huge public rally saying that the Congress has come out with the Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill to empower the weaker sections of the society. €Before the Land Acquisition Bill, any government was free to grab anyone's land citing any reason. The main sufferers for such acts were the poor who shed their blood and sweat for the country. No one asked for their consent before grabbing their lands. We have now changed this altogether. We brought the Land Acquisition law to stop such atrocities towards the poor farmers so that their children can dream big. We brought this law to empower the farmers, to honour their hard work€ said the Congress leaders amidst loud applauds.
€People will not be benefitted with big speeches. I am not here to deliver long lecture. We are more interested to fulfil our promises. We promised right to job, Food Security, irrigation facilities and improved power situation here and we fulfilled it. This is the difference between us and the opposition€ said Rahul Gandhi.
He also hit out at the opposition and said, "The opposition bothers only about the dreams of selected few and ignores others. They target development of only a particular section of the society. We say even the poor should dream of flying an aircraft. But the opposition parties don't want the poor to have such dreams. This never has been our ideology. Our policy is based on your dreams. That is why we implemented Right to job policy - MNREGA to ensure jobs to the poor in the villages€ said Rahul Gandhi and the huge crowd greeted it with cheers.
While praising the Congress government in the state, the young Congress Vice President said €The biggest problem for the poor is falling sick often. They are forced to spend all their hard-earned income in medicines. But here in Rajasthan, the poor people and poor labourers get free medicines and this is a great service by the Gehlot Govt€ and added €I am sure that this scheme will be implemented gradually across the country in the coming days€.
Rajasthan Chief Mister Ashok Gehlot as well as Congress leaders CP Joshi, Sachin Pilot and Namo Narain Meena were also present at the rally. Earlier Rahul Gandhi also inaugurated Kalisindh power project and Chaabra Thermal power station. He also laid the foundation stone for 2x660 MW Chaabra Supercritical Thermal units in the state.
Rahul Gandhi had kick-started his campaign in the state with a mammoth rally at Udaipur on September 11. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also visit the state in the coming days.
Rajasthan is among the five Indian states which will hold the assembly polls by the end of the year.
Full text of Sh. Rahul Gandhi's speech at Baran, Rajasthan
I extend my warm welcome to all of you.
I salute the brave land of Hadoti. There are two different types of political ideology at present. - one is that of Congress and the other is of the opposition. The opposition says India's development will come with huge bridges, long roads and airplanes. We agree, we need development; but we also say that the country's progress is possible only if we ensure the welfare and upliftment of the poor; only if the people who build these bridges and these roads, are empowered. We believe that our country will not move forward until the people who put in their hard work for building this infrastructure get sufficient food and other facilities. We wish that the poor in our country also should have dreams and we want to make their dreams come true. But the opposition thinks just opposite. They just exploit the poor and ignore them thereafter.
It is the duty of all political parties to put in their efforts for the well-being of the poor; to make their dreams come true. That is why I am here. I know that the power of the entire country is within the women.. They have heaps of dreams and the country surges ahead on those dreams. We know well that if we do not let you have your dreams, no doubt, our nation will not prosper.
The opposition bothers about the dreams of selected few and ignores others. They target development of only a particular section of the society. We say even the poor should dream of flying an aircraft. But the opposition parties don't want the poor to have such dreams. This never has been our ideology. Our policy is based on your dreams. That is why we implemented Right to job policy - MNREGA to ensure jobs to the poor in the villages. The opposition questioned it and asked from where we will have funds for it. When it comes to grabbing lands of the poor, it is being done very easily. None of the opposition raises any question. But when we talk about granting right to job to the poor, they question it. Our government showed how we could we implement it and lakhs of people got benefits.
During my last public meeting Girija Vyasji had raised an old slogan - we will have half a roti and will support Congress. This is an old slogan. Now Congress has changed the slogan after bringing the Food Security Bill. The new slogan would be €We will have enough food and will bring back Congress€.
Even during the discussion of Food Security Bill, the opposition asked us from where we will have money for it. When we talk about providing food for the poor, they raise objections. When it comes to giving land to rich, Opposition never asks where would money come from, they just hand over the land to them. Normally, whenever someone wants to purchase any land from the rich, they do proper consultations do the transaction with mutual consent.
Before the Land Acquisition Bill, any government was free to grab anyone's land citing any reason. The main sufferers for such acts were the poor who shed their blood and sweat for the country. No one asked for their consent before grabbing their lands. We have now changed this altogether. We brought the Land Acquisition law to stop such atrocities towards the poor farmers so that their children can dream big. We brought this law to empower the farmers, to honour their hard work.
The biggest problem for the poor is falling sick often. They are forced to spend all their hard-earned income in medicines. But here in Rajasthan, poor people, poor workers get free medicines and this is a great service by the Gehlot Govt. I am sure that this scheme will be implemented gradually across the country in the coming days. Congress wants to make the poor in the country self reliant. That is why we gave boost to irrigation and lots of farmers are benefitting by it. The opposition had said that this is impossible, but we proved them wrong.
Whenever we took up legislations like MNREGA, Food Security or Land Acquisition, opposition tried to create hurdles. They used to raise objections every day. Since they lost elections, they tried to block all our welfare initiatives inside the Parliament. But, they will not be successful. We will implement it and we will continue with our pro-poor measures.
We not only improved irrigation here, we also took steps to provide drinking water to lakhs of people. I had just inaugurated a power plant in this state. The officials were trying to explain me about how much Megawatt electricity would be produced. I told them not to explain in terms of MW but to explain in terms of the language of common man. What would be direct benefits for the aam aadmi, I asked. They told me that we are now producing electricity three times more than what we were producing ten years back.
People will not be benefitted with big speeches. I am not here to give you long lecture. We are more interested to fulfil our promises. We promised right to job, Food Security, irrig
Rahul Gandhi reached out to aam aadmi during the huge public rally saying that the Congress has come out with the Food Security Bill and Land Acquisition Bill to empower the weaker sections of the society. €Before the Land Acquisition Bill, any government was free to grab anyone's land citing any reason. The main sufferers for such acts were the poor who shed their blood and sweat for the country. No one asked for their consent before grabbing their lands. We have now changed this altogether. We brought the Land Acquisition law to stop such atrocities towards the poor farmers so that their children can dream big. We brought this law to empower the farmers, to honour their hard work€ said the Congress leaders amidst loud applauds.
€People will not be benefitted with big speeches. I am not here to deliver long lecture. We are more interested to fulfil our promises. We promised right to job, Food Security, irrigation facilities and improved power situation here and we fulfilled it. This is the difference between us and the opposition€ said Rahul Gandhi.
He also hit out at the opposition and said, "The opposition bothers only about the dreams of selected few and ignores others. They target development of only a particular section of the society. We say even the poor should dream of flying an aircraft. But the opposition parties don't want the poor to have such dreams. This never has been our ideology. Our policy is based on your dreams. That is why we implemented Right to job policy - MNREGA to ensure jobs to the poor in the villages€ said Rahul Gandhi and the huge crowd greeted it with cheers.
While praising the Congress government in the state, the young Congress Vice President said €The biggest problem for the poor is falling sick often. They are forced to spend all their hard-earned income in medicines. But here in Rajasthan, the poor people and poor labourers get free medicines and this is a great service by the Gehlot Govt€ and added €I am sure that this scheme will be implemented gradually across the country in the coming days€.
Rajasthan Chief Mister Ashok Gehlot as well as Congress leaders CP Joshi, Sachin Pilot and Namo Narain Meena were also present at the rally. Earlier Rahul Gandhi also inaugurated Kalisindh power project and Chaabra Thermal power station. He also laid the foundation stone for 2x660 MW Chaabra Supercritical Thermal units in the state.
Rahul Gandhi had kick-started his campaign in the state with a mammoth rally at Udaipur on September 11. Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also visit the state in the coming days.
Rajasthan is among the five Indian states which will hold the assembly polls by the end of the year.
Full text of Sh. Rahul Gandhi's speech at Baran, Rajasthan
I extend my warm welcome to all of you.
I salute the brave land of Hadoti. There are two different types of political ideology at present. - one is that of Congress and the other is of the opposition. The opposition says India's development will come with huge bridges, long roads and airplanes. We agree, we need development; but we also say that the country's progress is possible only if we ensure the welfare and upliftment of the poor; only if the people who build these bridges and these roads, are empowered. We believe that our country will not move forward until the people who put in their hard work for building this infrastructure get sufficient food and other facilities. We wish that the poor in our country also should have dreams and we want to make their dreams come true. But the opposition thinks just opposite. They just exploit the poor and ignore them thereafter.
It is the duty of all political parties to put in their efforts for the well-being of the poor; to make their dreams come true. That is why I am here. I know that the power of the entire country is within the women.. They have heaps of dreams and the country surges ahead on those dreams. We know well that if we do not let you have your dreams, no doubt, our nation will not prosper.
The opposition bothers about the dreams of selected few and ignores others. They target development of only a particular section of the society. We say even the poor should dream of flying an aircraft. But the opposition parties don't want the poor to have such dreams. This never has been our ideology. Our policy is based on your dreams. That is why we implemented Right to job policy - MNREGA to ensure jobs to the poor in the villages. The opposition questioned it and asked from where we will have funds for it. When it comes to grabbing lands of the poor, it is being done very easily. None of the opposition raises any question. But when we talk about granting right to job to the poor, they question it. Our government showed how we could we implement it and lakhs of people got benefits.
During my last public meeting Girija Vyasji had raised an old slogan - we will have half a roti and will support Congress. This is an old slogan. Now Congress has changed the slogan after bringing the Food Security Bill. The new slogan would be €We will have enough food and will bring back Congress€.
Even during the discussion of Food Security Bill, the opposition asked us from where we will have money for it. When we talk about providing food for the poor, they raise objections. When it comes to giving land to rich, Opposition never asks where would money come from, they just hand over the land to them. Normally, whenever someone wants to purchase any land from the rich, they do proper consultations do the transaction with mutual consent.
Before the Land Acquisition Bill, any government was free to grab anyone's land citing any reason. The main sufferers for such acts were the poor who shed their blood and sweat for the country. No one asked for their consent before grabbing their lands. We have now changed this altogether. We brought the Land Acquisition law to stop such atrocities towards the poor farmers so that their children can dream big. We brought this law to empower the farmers, to honour their hard work.
The biggest problem for the poor is falling sick often. They are forced to spend all their hard-earned income in medicines. But here in Rajasthan, poor people, poor workers get free medicines and this is a great service by the Gehlot Govt. I am sure that this scheme will be implemented gradually across the country in the coming days. Congress wants to make the poor in the country self reliant. That is why we gave boost to irrigation and lots of farmers are benefitting by it. The opposition had said that this is impossible, but we proved them wrong.
Whenever we took up legislations like MNREGA, Food Security or Land Acquisition, opposition tried to create hurdles. They used to raise objections every day. Since they lost elections, they tried to block all our welfare initiatives inside the Parliament. But, they will not be successful. We will implement it and we will continue with our pro-poor measures.
We not only improved irrigation here, we also took steps to provide drinking water to lakhs of people. I had just inaugurated a power plant in this state. The officials were trying to explain me about how much Megawatt electricity would be produced. I told them not to explain in terms of MW but to explain in terms of the language of common man. What would be direct benefits for the aam aadmi, I asked. They told me that we are now producing electricity three times more than what we were producing ten years back.
People will not be benefitted with big speeches. I am not here to give you long lecture. We are more interested to fulfil our promises. We promised right to job, Food Security, irrig
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