Only Congress committed for development, Rahul Gandhi says in Salempur (UP)

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed his second election rally at Salempur at Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh. He slammed the ruling Samajwadi government in the state for ignoring development and also slammed the BJP for its divisive politics.

“For the past 25 years, no one – SP, BSP or BJP – talks about development of the state of Uttar Pradesh.  But are you getting any benefits from these parties? There is no problem with the people here. The problem is with these non-Congress parties. The youth and women here have tremendous potential but the state government is not supporting you. This has been happening here for the last 25 years” said the Congress MP from Amethi.

Uttar Pradesh is not having a Congress government for the past 25 years. When we were fighting 2004 general elections, we had made a promise to the people that if we win the elections we will form a government at the Centre which works for aam aadmi, the poor, the women and the youth. We had promised that we will take measures to empower the poor and downtrodden.

UPA-1 gave you the right to job. We gave the people the right to job without any discrimination. Lakhs of people could avail its benefits and we guaranteed minimum of 100 days jobs to the rural poor. Opposition raised questions from where we will have money for it. We showed them how can we arrange resources. We also waived off the loans worth Rs. 70000 crore of the poor farmers. 

We have now implemented Food Security law which guarantees that no one in our country would live hungry. Every poor across the country is now guaranteed with food grains at Rs. 1 per kilo gram. All the Congress ruled states are implementing this scheme. Uttar Pradesh is going to get maximum benefits out of this Food Security Bill, but the state government here says that it will not implement this till the next general elections. Please put pressure on state government to implement this Bill because Food Security is your right now.

For the past 25 years, no one – SP, BSP or BJP – talks about development of the state of Uttar Pradesh.  But are you getting any benefits from these parties? There is no problem with the people here. The problem is with these non-Congress parties. The youth and women here have tremendous potential but the state government is not supporting you. This has been happening here for the last 25 years.

Ultimately what is happening? These parties make people fight each other. That is what happened in Muzaffarnagar. I had gone there and had talked to both Hindus and Muslims. Both of them told me that there is no hatred among them. They told me that some political parties are inciting hatred among them and make them fight each other for narrow political gains. Who is the loser? It is the common people who suffer – not political leaders or parties.

No one is going to reap any benefit from such divisive politics. Congress party is against such ideology. We believe in inclusive growth and harmony.  We want everyone –Hindu, Muslim, Sikh - to take part in the process of development. This land belongs to all citizens.
These political parties, which spread hatred among the communities, think that they can reap political gains by such divisive tactics.

Remember, such violence take place only during elections because they think that they can win elections by engineering such riots. But I want to remind them that the people of Uttar Pradesh are intelligent. They identify the parties which incite violence and spread divisive agenda.
I also want to tell such parties that the people of Uttar Pradesh will again vote for Congress so that they need an aam aadmi government at the Centre. They did it in 2004, 2009 and they are going to do it again in 2014. They want a government that works for the people; they want a government that realises their pain; they need a government that benefit the poor farmers.

The state government here does not talk about generating employment or industries. Only Congress does so. We implemented right to job, Right to Food, RTI and waived off loans of the poor farmers – all these measures were aimed at the welfare of the common people.  But the people are not able to avail its full benefits as the state government is not properly implementing such schemes. Please put pressure on your state government to implement central schemes properly. It is for your benefit.

I urge the Congress workers here to adopt all possible measures to get the food security law is implemented here successfully. This is the way to support the people of UP. Congress party has been implementing welfare schemes for the benefits of entire people and it is your responsibility to spread its messages among the grassroots. I want every household in Uttar Pradesh avails the benefit of Food Security law.
Only the women and the youth can transform the state. We need more and more women and youth in politics to cleanse the system. We need to empower them and make them MPs and MLAs. We need the people of UP to stand up and fight to change the state of affairs here. You see what is happening in Rajasthan. There is no shortage of electricity there and there is adequate water. We have a Congress government there.  You can see similar development in Maharashtra and Delhi where Congress is in power.

We need to take everyone along with us, without any discrimination, and must bring in changes. I am confident that the people in front of me can do it.

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