Rahul Gandhi at West Bengal says Mamata govt. doesn't work for poor

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a mammoth election rally at Medinipur in West Bengal on Thursday. Attacking the Trinamool Congress Government in the state, Rahul Gandhi said, "Violence against women is maximum in West Bengal, they are being exploited in here." He further added, "When we allied with TMC we thought, we wanted to work for poor and oust Left Front from here. But unfortunately nothing has changed. Mamta ji talks about helping poor and also delivers long speeches, but I see no changes here; the money sent by Central govt. does not reach to the people."

Rahul Gandhi at Gopalganj, Bihar: Under Modi model, Adani is prospering, people are suffering

Gopalganj (Bihar): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi while addressing a big election rally at Gopalganj in Bihar on Thursday said, "Under the much hyped Gujarat Model of BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, only one business man Adani is prospering and the poor people in Gujarat are suffering".

Rahul Gandhi at Mirzapur in UP takes on SP, BJP, BSP; attacks Modi model

Mirzapur: Congress Vice Presidcent Rahul Gandhi addressed a big election rally at Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur and attacked SP, BSP and BJP for the lack of development in the state. "The present state government does not talk about welfare of people or development of UP. You have a young CM but he also disappointed us. Earlier you had a government led by Ms Mayawati; it also did not do anything. I will not talk about BJP as it can never anything good for the people. I do not have expectation from BJP as it runs governments for only a handful of people" said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at Allahabad (UP): BJP is filled with anger; its leaders abuse others

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally at Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. "You have been listening to Congress leaders' speeches. We never abuse any one; never use wrong words; don't show anger. But just hear out our opposition leaders. Their hearts are filled with anger. They abuse, spread wrong facts, level baseless allegations. Development will be possible only if we work with love. We work for unity and brotherhood. That is what Gandhi Ji, Nehru Ji and Patel Ji had taught us. We treat everyone equally; respect all religions without any discrimination" said the Congress leader.

Rahul Gandhi at Korba, Chhattisgarh: BJP not respecting people, one man takes all decision in it

Korba: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on BJP and said while Congress wants one India where everyone is respected; BJP wants to create two Indias. "They (BJP) never come to you or ask you about your issues. That is why BJP just copied Congress manifesto and replaced 'hand' symbol with its. In BJP, one person has all authority, he takes entire decisions. They do not respect other leaders or people" he said.

Rahul Gandhi at kishanganj in Bihar asks Modi not make people fools

Kishanganj: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi continues his blistering attack on BJP and Modi's 'Gujarat model' and hoped that the people have effective radars to find out the truth behind the 'toffee model'. "You must have heard about radars which are mainly used to track aeroplanes. Similarly the people, especially from Bihar, also possess fine tuned radars. It is highly technically effective so that truth can be easily found out" said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a huge Congress rally at Bihar's Kishanganj as part of his ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Rahul Gandhi at Hingoli, Maharashtra attacks Gujarat Model, divisive BJP ideology

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi continued his sharp attack on Modi's Gujarat model and divisive BJP ideology while speaking at at a public rally in Tapadia State Ground, Hingoli, Maharashtra. "Sorry for being late. There was some technical issue with the chopper and so I became and late and kept you waiting. Normally BJP used to have technical problems during lections. Similarly today my chopper also had some technical snag" he said

Rahul Gandhi in Pune, Maharashtra: 2014 polls a battle between Gandhi's and Godse's thoughts

Pune: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a mammoth election rally at Pune in Maharashtra, said that 2014 election is a battle between politics of love and politics of anger."This election is a battle of two ideologies; one is that of Congress which believes in uniting and empowering people and the other is that of BJP. This election is a battle between the ideologies of Gandhi Ji and Godse -- the battle between politics of love and politics of anger. One ideology (Congress') unites and the other (BJP's) is divisive. Remember, whenever these two ideologies fought, always the ideology of Gandhi ji and the Congress party won. Godse had killed Gandhi Ji because he could not challenge Gandhi ji's ideology, thought and love. He had no reply to Gandhi Ji and so he took out his gun and murdered Gandhi ji", argued the Congress leader and added, "No one can defeat Congress' ideology. It is due to this vision, our country developed,

Rahul Gandhi in Doda (Jammu & Kashmir) targets Modi for hiding his marital status earlier

Doda: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally at Doda in Jammu and Kashmir and took on BJP for its double-speak on women empowerment. "Nowadays, I see BJP poster with the promise of women empowerment. They talk about women empowerment but its cadres beat up women in Bangalore. Karnataka Chief Minister had told me that one of BJP's former ministers was charged with assault on women. BJP MLAs watch porn through mobiles at state Assembly. How the women of India could feel safe under BJP and Modi's so-called Gujarat model when in Gujarat, policemen are sent behind a woman, her phone was tapped by policemen. For the first time, only now, Modi admitted that he was married. Why did he hide it till now? Till date, he never had mentioned his wife's name in any affidavit. We don't know how many elections he has fought, for the first time he has written that he is married. Still, BJP talks about women empowerment!" said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi in Udaipur, Rajasthan: BJP wants one-man rule, ignores the poor

Udaipur: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally at Udaipur in Rajasthan. "The propagators of 'India Shining' ask what UPA have done in the past ten years. The fact is that they do not go to people and talk to them and hence they are not able to ascertain the reality. BJP is not at all bothered about the poor and downtrodden" said the Congress President and went on to say, "They just need a government of one person and that person is controlled by some business persons. BJP wants one-man rule but Congress looks for people's rule".

Rahul Gandhi at Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan): BJP blindly copied Congress manifesto

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi while addressing a mammoth election rally at Swarn Jayanti Stadium in Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) launched a scathing attack on BJP by saying that its manifesto is just a blind copy of Congress'. "We had started discussions on our manifesto across the country. We held interactions with various sections of the society. Many people expressed happiness that they could have their rights to job, food and education and they further requested for rights in medicines and shelter. We had started the right to health programme in Rajasthan, now we will implement in the whole country. Similarly we will ensure that all the poor have housing too. We will also will grant right to pension to the old-aged persons. What did BJP do? They just copied our Manifesto and just put in Lotus symbol on it" said the Congress President and asked BJP, "Do something on your own. Why do you blindly copy us?"

Rahul Gandhi at Balod in Chhattisgarh: Modi will do anything to become Prime Minister

Balod: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a mammoth election rally at Kharhibhardar ground in Kanker at Balod in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. While speaking on the occasion, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could do anything to grab the power. "Modi wants to become Prime Minister and he will do anything for it. He will divide the people, will make you fight against each other. His party (BJP) considers that a single person (Modi) possesses all the knowledge. It thinks that he can run the entire country. BJP urges people to make that person the chowkeedar (watchman) of our country. But Congress wants every citizen to be India's watchman. We want the people to handle the key of our nation. You must be able to go anywhere and live with respect there. Remember, some watchmen loot the people too", said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi in Panipat attacks BJP's double-standards towards corruption

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed a party election rally at Panipat in Haryana where he launched a scathing attack on the BJP over its "double-standards" towards corruption . Rahul then targeted the BJP for trying to divide the people on religious lines. He alleged that BJP's "divisive" policy was responsible for spoiling the country's secular fabric, while stressing that Congress' ideology was to unite the people, irrespective of caste, creed and religion. "They make you fight each other, pit Hindus against Muslims," he said, and referred to the attacks carried out by BJP ally Shiv Sena on migrant workers from UP and Bihar in Mumbai. "We take everybody along... This is our politics. We do not play politics of hatred," he added.

Rahul Gandhi visits Bangalore, slams BJP for corruption

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed Congress election rally in Bangalore, Karnataka. While speaking to the crowd he lashed out opposition by saying BJP forgot about the development of the state and started looting the public here. "BJPs three MLAs and two MPs are still in jail on the charges of corruption," said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at Raichur in Karnataka targets BJP and Modi on women empowerment, corruption

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a huge election rally at Karnataka's Raichur and took on BJP by attacking its double stance at women empowerment He alluded to the snooping scandal under Modi government in Gujarat and said police in Gujarat is used to chasing women and tapping their phones and on the other hand the BJP puts up posters saying give strength to women. "Few times back, I had seen a poster of the 'India Shining' people with the promise of women empowerment. They talk about women empowerment but its cadres do moral policing, beat up women in Bangalore. Further you must have heard about one of BJP's former ministers Mr. Hallappa, who was accused of rape. There were also reports of BJP MLAs watching porn through mobiles at Assembly. How the women of India could feel safe under BJP and Modi's so-called Gujarat model when in Gujarat, policemen are sent behind women, women's phones are tapped by policemen. On one side BJP government taps the phones of women, on the other side they put posters of women empowerment!" he argued.

Rahul Gandhi visits New Delhi to address an election rally

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi visited New Delhi to address a massive election rally. While addressing to the huge crowd in Dakshinpuri, New Delhi he said, we have been doing interactions with people to make our manifesto. But BJP hasn't come up with its manifesto when election is only few days away.

Rahul Gandhi at Sirsa, Haryana to address Congress election rally

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi started his Haryana campaign for this upcoming Lok Sabha election. He visited Sirsa, Haryana to address a massive election rally. While addressing to the public Rahul Gandhi slammed BJP by saying Haryana doesn't need any Gujarat model, Haryana is sufficient enough.

Rahul Gandhi strikes chord with at Bellary in Karnataka; slams BJP

Rahul Gandhi in Karnataka blasts the double speak of BJP on corruption
Bellary: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, while addressing a mammoth election rally at Bellary in Karnataka as part of his ongoing Lok Sabha polls campaign, launched a scathing attack on the BJP for its double stance on corruption.
Striking a chord with the massive crowd, Rahul Gandhi said, “Congress has a long relationship with Bellary. Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi had fought election from here. You always have supported us and I am confident about your support in future too”.
In a strong attack on BJP, the Congress leader lamented, “We have development plans for Bellary. The conditions of schools, colleges, electricity and water will be improved. However, we will ensure that corruption, which was rampant during BJP regime, is not back here again. We will take strong actions against corrupt BJP politicians in Bellary”.
“We have created Hubli-Hospet Section of NH-63, a Rs. 1400 crore project. UPA Govt. has started the work on Bellary-Siruguppa-Lingasugur rail line... We have set up Central University in Gulbarga. UPA Govt is also setting up a Rural Development and Panchayati Raj University in Karnataka and IIIT in Dharwad” informed Rahul Gandhi.
“Congress works for the poor and the weak. Our efforts are to transform the lives of all sections of the society – the Dalits, tribals and minorities. That is why we used the word 'Adhikar' for the first time and we gave you RTI, NREGA and Right to Food in 2004, at the Centre. Our vision is development by granting people their legitimate rights” said the Congress Vice President and said further, “Our Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme ensures right to job and by which lakhs of rural poor benefitted. The Food Security law ensures food at subsidized rates to crores of poor in our country. Similarly we also implemented revolutionary policies of Right to Education and Right to Information. The decisions and information which were behind closed doors earlier, are now in public domain, after the enactment of RTI”.
“In future also, we will continue to serve the poor and will ensure their welfare, along with development. In our 2014 election manifesto we have promised right to healthcare, a scheme to provide free medicines and treatments for the poor. Apart from this we also promise pension schemes and right to shelter in it” said Rahul Gandhi referring to some of the promises made in the Congress manifesto for the 2014 general election.
“We will again form a pro-poor Congress government at the Centre which works for social justice and empowerment of the people. Support Congress and elect our candidates in the coming Lok Sabha polls” said the confident Congress leader while concluding his address.

Rahul Gandhi in Bihar: BJP wants development for only a selected group

Rahul Gandhi in Bihar: NDA and BJP indulge in politics of hate
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi addressed a mega party rally in Bihar’s Aurangabad as part of his campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Congress believes in a politics of love. We never make people fight against another. Shiv Sena is an ally of BJP and is in NDA. Who threatens the people from Bihar in Maharashtra? It is Shiv Sena, the BJP ally. But BJP and NDA come here and make huge promises of Bihar’s development but never talk about the assaults on Bihari people in Maharashtra” said the Congress leader striking a chord with the large crowd.
“Wherever BJP goes, they incite violence. They make people fight. I had interacted with some Sikh farmers working in Gujarat. They have been working there since independence but now they face threat of eviction from the Gujarat government. But the SAD which is a partner of BJP (and NDA) never uttered any word against it” said Rahul Gandhi slamming BJP and NDA.
About future plans of the Congress party, the party leader explained, “In the next ten years, we will generate 10 crore new jobs for the youth. We know that for development, our youth must get proper education and sufficient jobs. The new dedicated freight-industrial corridor project initiated by us (Delhi- Mumbai, Mumbai-Chennai and Delhi – Kolkata) will boost the industries and also will generate lakhs of job”. “We gave people right to job, right to education and right to food. Now we plan to give them right to health care so that the poor can get free medicines. We will open the doors of hospitals for them. Similarly we will also provide them with a right to shelter and we also plan pension schemes for the old aged persons” he added.
“We wanted to build a strong base under the feet of the poor. We want to instil a feeling of self reliance inside their minds. We want to empower the poor. We want their children also get quality education and proper jobs. BJP wants development for only a selected group. The issues of poor and downtrodden are not at all important for BJP” asserted the Congress Vice President.
“We talk less but act. We never give hollow promises. BJP and NDA are good at marketing and they spend huge amounts for it” he said in an indirect dig at BJP.
Rahul Gandhi then focussed on issues of women. “50% of our population is women. We always talk about super power. But India can never be a superpower if we do not empower our women. The women reservation to grant 33% reservation for women in Parliament and Assemblies are still pending. It is the BJP who opposes it as they never want women empowerment. But we will pass it like we passed the legislation to grant 50% reservation for women in Panchayats. Similarly our manifesto also offers about 2000 mahila police stations across the country. We will connect more women with the banks through Self Help Groups” he said.
“We treat everyone equally and we want to work for the welfare of all sections. But BJP talks about only one person and they think all issues will be solved if that person becomes Prime Minister. We are different from them. We believe in empowering all our citizens” underlined Rahul Gandhi and sought people’s support for Congress.
Full text of the speech of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at Aurangabad, Bihar

Rahul Gandhi in Odisha takes on BJP, says Congress treats everyone equally

Rahul Gandhi at Congress rally in Odisha: BJP does not see the problems of the poor
Nabarangpur: “The NDA leaders talk a lot but do nothing for the people. The pain and problems of the people are not visible for them” said Rahul Gandhi, the Congress Vice President, while addressing a huge Congress rally at Nabarangpur in Odisha.
“Odisha is a rich state; it has huge wealth, natural resources and forests. But though the state is rich, the people are poor here. There is no shortage of anything here. But your government take away your natural resources and sell it to big industrialists and only a handful people, not the people, avail benefits” said Rahul Gandhi taking on the BJD government in the state and continued, “The water for irrigation in Odisha is not reaching the people as it is being diverted to rich industrialists. I am not saying that industrialists should not get water and electricity. But what Congress believes is the poor also must get benefits alongwith the business people. There should be a balanced approach for development”.
Referring to UPA policies, the Congress leader commented, “In 2004, the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre waived off debts of poor farmers, worth Rs. 70000 cr. When we were initiating that the opposition tried to block it by asking from where we will have funds for it. But we were determined and told them that farmers are the pillars of our nation and we will arrange money for their welfare. We showed them how to make funds for it. Then the opposition said loan-waiving was wastage of money. We replied that helping farmers is never wastage of funds for Congress. By helping farmers, we are actually helping our nation”.
He went on further striking a chord with the farmers there and said, “We then had fought for the farmers’ rights in their lands at Niyamgiri. The farmers had just asked one thing, if rich people can get adequate market prices for their lands, then why can’t the farmers? Congress felt that their demands were right. We took up their matter and fought for their rights. The Land Acquisition Law enacted by the UPA Government is its outcome. Now no one can grab any farmer’s land forcibly. Further, this new revised bill ensures four-times more market prices for the land acquired. I am also happy to convey that the farmers get 3 times more price for their crops than the NDA period”.
Rahul Gandhi then focussed on welfare of women and commented, “It is the women who run our country and development is not possible without them. We gave you 50% reservation for women in Panchayats and now we want to grant reservation for you in Parliament and assemblies. The bill for the same is still pending as the opposition has been blocking it. But I assure you that the Congress party will ensure its passage. We are also happy to connect lakhs of women with banks through Self Help Groups (SHG).Our manifesto for 2014 elections promises all-women-run police stations across the country”.
“Congress treats every citizen equally. For us all are equal - Hindu, Muslim, Christian. We work for the poor, Dalits, Adivasis, women and the youth and we fight to protect their rights.. Support Congress and elect our candidates” said the Congress Vice President while concluding his address.

Full text of the speech by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi at Nabarangpur, Odisha