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Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat Day 2 LIVE updates: Congress VP admits party's errors, attacks BJP on unemployment

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Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat Day 2 LIVE updates: Congress VP admits party's errors, attacks BJP on unemployment

  • 13:26 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi attacks BJP over noteban

    Congress vice-president said that the Modi government looted Indians through note ban. Rahul Gandhi added that the move only impacted the daily wage workers, unemployed and the working class people, and said the demonetisation drive only helped a group of 10-15 industrialists. 

  • 13:23 (IST)

    Rahul attacks Amit Shah's son once again 

    "It was sheer magic that Rs 50,000 became Rs 80 crores in just few months. While successful companies run longer, I don't know why it was closed in 2016. It is happening in a country where the chowkidaar (Modi) is ruling India, Why he is silent when there has been a theft? It seems now it is Amit Shah ke bete ko bacchao", Rahul Gandhi told a public gathering in Karjan. 

  • 13:13 (IST)

    After former Leader of Opposition Shaktisinh Gohil, Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki is addressing the gathering

  • 13:10 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi is live from Karjan

  • 13:03 (IST)

    Smriti Irani says Rahul has no right to preach on 'vikaas'

    "Those who do not the difference between relay transmission and FM radio station should not talk about 'vikaas'," Smriti irani said in an apparent dig at Rahul Gandhi. 

  • 12:59 (IST)

    Smriti Irani says Rahul has no time for Amethi

    "When people from Pipri went to meet the MP (Rahul Gandhi), they were told that he had no time left for them,"  Irani said on Tuesday. 

  • 12:55 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi now employing plain-speaking approach to win his electorate?

    This speculation may be true according to a report in The Times of India. Citing three instances, the report added that Rahul has turned contemplative during his recent Gujarat trip. On Monday, the Gandhi scion said,that BJP's constant criticism of him opened his eyes and helped him learn. 

    Rahul has also said in the past that Congress' 2014 loss helped being beneficial to the party. The report noted that last month, Rahul said the Congress had become 'arrogant', which is why it lost in 2014. 

  • 12:42 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi interacted with the public in Padra

  • 12:32 (IST)

    Gujarat govt reduces VAT on petrol, Congress calls it a gimmick

    Gujarat govt reduces VAT on petrol by 4 percent. With the latest announcement, petrol prices have been cut by Rs 2.93 and diesel by Rs 2.72. On the latest announcement,  Congress Shaktisinh Gohil said, "This decision was taken in view of the support that Rahul Gandhi is getting across the state. This was done with an eye on elections," he told reporters.

  • 12:21 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi mocks Gujarat model, Modi's GST implementation 

    Rahul also hit out at the NDA government over the economy and demanded that the rates under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) not exceed 18 percent. "In spite of our request to the Centre, they are charging rates of over 18 percent under the GST... They should revert to the 18 percent tax slab," Gandhi said, adding high taxes have ruined many businesses. Demonetisation resulted in loss of business of many small traders, he said. The famed Gujarat model of development had failed, the Congress leader added.

  • 12:14 (IST)

    What happened last time around in the Gandhi bastion

    Amethi had witnessed a high-pitched electoral battle between Gandhi and Irani in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Though she lost, Irani managed to reduce the Congress leader's victory margin from around 3.70 lakh votes in 2009 to 1.07 lakh in 2014.

  • 12:13 (IST)

    Smriti Irani takes credit for Rahul's Amethi visits post 2014

    Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani has claimed that visits by her and senior BJP leaders had ensured that the people of the district were seeing more of the Congress vice-president.

  • 12:04 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi reaches Padra, will be addressing the gathering

  • 12:01 (IST)

    Rahul says Congress did a better job in providing employment

  • 'Vikas Gando Thayo Che' is rocking the BJP on social media

    The BJP is facing an embarrassing social media blitzkrieg in Gujarat under the theme, Vikas Gando Thayo Chhey (Development has gone bonkers) and Maara Haara Chhetri Gaya (They took us for a neat ride) taunting at the development claims of the state and Central governments. And it is not a campaign by the Congress, which is yet to demonstrate anything so effective anywhere, leave alone Gujarat.

  • 11:52 (IST)

    Rahul takes a dig at Modi's forceful implementation of demonetisation

  • 11:50 (IST)

    Watch: Rahul Gandhi says Modi government not focussing on job growth

  • 11:33 (IST)

    Glimpses of Rahul Gandhi's interaction with students in Vadodara

  • 11:27 (IST)

    Here is the Day 2 schedule of Rahul's Navsarjan Yatra

  • 11:19 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi slams anti-women mindset of BJP

    "Everything is fine till the time a woman is silent. But if she speaks, she will be silenced," Rahul said. 

  • 11:12 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi mocks 'vikas' in Gujarat

  • 11:07 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi addressed students of an institute in Vadodara

  • 11:04 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi began his day by paying tributes to Bhimrao Ambedkar 

  • 10:57 (IST)

    Buy Indian phones: Rahul's appeal to youth

  • 10:56 (IST)

    After addressing students, Rahul Gandhi will address a gathering in Bhayli in Vadodara

  • 10:49 (IST)

    Watch: Smriti Irani mocks Rahul Gandhi in Amethi

  • 10:48 (IST)

    Meanwhile you can follow Amit Shah's Amethi rally here.

  • 10:46 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi's view on free speech

  • 10:45 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi mocks Amit Shah's son

    "Jay Shah is an icon of start up India. Look how he brought the company's revenue from Rs 50,000 to 80 crores. But I don't understand why he wound up the company in less than a year," asked Rahul in Vadodara. 

  • 10:36 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS, BJP's anti-women stance

    "Badi badi bate hai. Yeh log khokle baate karte hai (These people talk about big and hallow things). They are not interested in women's rights. Have you ever seen any women in RSS camps," Rahul said questioning the BJP alleged anti-women attitude. 

  • 10:30 (IST)

    Job creation not the focus of NDA govt

    "Job creation is a problem in India. Out of 30,000, only about 450 youth get employment in India. Whereas in China, about 50,000 youth get jobs. This is because the NDA government is not focusing on jobs," Rahul told students in Vadodara.

  • 10:26 (IST)

    Private sector in Gujarat is a monopoly, says Rahul

    "The private sector in Gujarat is a monopoly. At least 90% privatisation in technical education," Rahul told students on Tuesday. 

  • 10:24 (IST)

    Will bring back focus on knowledge, says Rahul Gandhi

    "Education is important . But if you run educational institutions only for profit, then it will not benefit students. The reason why IITs are successful is because they are not run for profits. The focus is not profit. My government in Gujarat will help bring the focus back on education and not on profit," Rahul Gandhi told students during an interaction in Vadodara. 

  • 10:19 (IST)

    Watch: Rahul Gandhi is interacting with students

  • 10:17 (IST)

    Recap: Rahul Gandhi contemplates on Congress' policy on small and medium scale industry

  • 10:15 (IST)

    Recap: Felt bad after seeing LTTE chief Prabhakaran's body, says Rahul Gandhi

  • 10:10 (IST)

    Watch: Rahul Gandhi speaks over how Congress will tackle inflation problem

  • 10:09 (IST)

    Watch: Congress' Navsarjan Yatra song

  • 10:05 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi targets Narendra Modi over Jay Shah's business irregularities

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a media report which had claimed that a company owned by BJP chief Amit Shah's son Jay had recorded huge increase in turnover after the saffron party came to power in 2014.

  • 09:50 (IST)

    Updates for 10 October 2017 begin

  • 19:45 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi reaches Asodar

  • 19:24 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi slams BJP on bad loans, says why a farmer was called a defaulter but an industrialist a nonperforming asset

    Targeting BJP-led central government on loans, Gandhi said, “Modi govt’s new model is a model for industrialists. When poor farmers fail to pay their loans, Modi ji calls them defaulters... BJP refuses to waive off their loans saying they shouldn't be taught to become habitual defaulters. But when industrialists like Mallya don't pay back their loans they are called non-performing assets.

    "Loans given to poor is their right, not a gift. In case the Congress comes to power, we will give loans to the poor, farmers, women, who Modi govt ignores,” Gandhi said. 

  • 19:18 (IST)

    Five-ten industrialists run Gujarat govt 

    Rahul Gandhi slammed the state government accusingit of crony capoitalism. "The Gujarat government's doors are closed for the poor adn farmers. Only five to ten industrialists are running the government," Gandhi said.

    He also brought up the inflation issue, alleging that the Modi government failed to check the rise in fuel prices. "Ghar chalane ka kharch badha ya kam hua (Has your monthly budget increased or decreased)," Gandhi asked amid a cheering crowd. 

  • 18:41 (IST)

    With unemployment on agenda, Rahul Gandhi plans to woo Gujarat youth

    Rahu Gandhi attacked the government over its failure to create jobs. India, he said, is competing with China these days. China creates 50,000 jobs every day, but the country under the Modi government is able to generate just 450 jobs per day, he said.

     
     
    "This is because their focus is on development of 100 big industries. When the Congress comes to power, it will develop small and medium scale industries which can create many more jobs," Gandhi said. 

  • 18:28 (IST)

    'Modi cannot nullify past 70 years of India's journey'

    Hitting out at Narendra Modi for denying the development done during Congress rule in India, Rahul Gandhi said that India's journey in the past 70 years has been too great to be one party's property. He said that the progress made in those years should be accredited to the people of India, and by denying it, Modi was insulting the contributions made by your families and forefathers. 

    He also said that Atal Bihar Vajpayee too had not denied the development work done during the years that Congress was in power. 

  • On Gujarat visit, Rahul Gandhi seeks to directly reach out to the people

    Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi mingled freely with the crowds, held meeting with village milk cooperatives as well as interacted with rural women in the central Gujarat region of Kheda and Anand.

    Emerging from a meeting of milk cooperative women in Borsad town, he asked a three year old girl Devanshi why was she crying and she murmured, “bhukh laagi chhey (I am hungry)”. He gave the girl a chocolate. 

    He then walked with the child holding her finger through the crowd, while her mother Minalben held the other hand. Minalben is a member of the Sojitra taluka (tehsil) panchayat. 

  • 16:41 (IST)

    Watch: Rahul Gandhi's address at Nadiad village

  • 16:39 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi mocks Modi's 'man ki baat' radio address, says we believe in listening

    Mocking Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address to the nation Mann ki Baat, the Rahul Gandhi said, “Hum apko apne mann ki baat nahi batayenge, hum apki mann ki baat sunenge (We won’t tell you how we feel, we will listen to what you have to say.)

  • 16:35 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi in Petlad village

  • 16:14 (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi, Amit Shah over son's business earnings

    Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a frontal attack on the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of crony capitalism, and hit out at BJP chief Amit Shah over allegations that his son's business fortunes soared after the NDA government came to power in New Delhi. Addressing enthusiastic crowds in Nadiad in central Gujarat, on the second phase of his party's Navsarjan Yatra in the poll-bound state, Gandhi took pot shots at the Modi government as the gathering cheered loudly.

    "When it comes to helping, they help only a handful of industrialists. For 10-12 years, Amit Shah's son's company had nothing, but started earning only after 2014. 'Ajeeb duniya hain' (It's a strange world). He (Jay Shah) started with Rs 50,000, and in a year it jumped to Rs 80 crore. This is 'Start Up India', 'Make in India'," he said, mocking the Prime Minister's pet schemes.

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On a tour of Gujarat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a media report which had claimed that a company owned by BJP chief Amit Shah's son Jay had recorded huge increase in turnover after the saffron party came to power in 2014.

"Where has the chowkidar (watchman) gone," Gandhi asked, apparently referring to Modi's earlier statement that he does not want to behave like a prime minister but a 'chowkidar' (watchman) of the country's wealth.

The Congress vice-president, who began the second leg of his campaign tour in poll-bound home state of Modi, raked up the issue to target the prime minister as also Shah at about 10 small and big public meetings that he addressed throughout the day.

He also cajoled the media to ask questions without fearing Modi and Shah.

Rahul, who landed at Ahmedabad airport this morning, travelled to the Hatijan area of the city from where he started his tour in a specially designed bus. He travelled from Ahmedabad to Vadodara, addressing small and big public gatherings at around 10 places in the day.

Referring to newspaper reports which quoted a news website The Wire, Gandhi said the company owned by Shah's son grew 16,000 times in a short span.

Rahul Gandhi at the student interaction in Vadodara on Tuesday. Facebook/Gujarat Congress

Rahul Gandhi at the student interaction in Vadodara on Tuesday. Facebook/Gujarat Congress

"This is a strange world. In 2014, the company was nothing. Modi ji came (to power in 2014) and launched 'Start up India', 'Make in India', then introduced demonetisation and GST. This destroyed small businessmen and farmers," Gandhi told a gathering at Kamla village in Kheda district.

"But from this fire, one company comes up. It was nothing in 2014 but in a few months it became so big that this company's worth of Rs 50,000 rose to Rs 80 crore," he said.

Mentioning the entrepreneurial skills of Gujaratis for which they are well known, Gandhi asked whether they can do such thing.

Recalling Modi's assertion that he would neither engage in corruption nor allow it to happen, the Congress leader said, "Now when Amit Shah's son's company has grown 16,000 times, Modi ji has gone silent."

"Modi ji had also said another thing (before the elections) that he does not want to become prime minister and be the 'chowkidar' (watchman) of the country's wealth. Now, where has the chowkidar gone?" Rahul asked.

In his brief interaction with the media, he was asked about his Gujarat campaign tour.

"Why don't you media ask question to Narendra Modi? Why don't you ask this thing to Amit Shah? Are you afraid of them. Have some courage to ask them such questions," he said.

The Congress vice-president also hit out at the NDA government over the state of economy, and demanded that the rates under the Goods and Services Tax not exceed 18 percent.

"In spite of our request to the Centre, they are charging rates of over 18 per cent under the GST...They should revert to the 18 per cent tax slab," Rahul said, adding high taxes have ruined many businesses.

Demonetisation resulted in loss of business of many small traders, he said.

The famed Gujarat model of development had failed, the Congress leader said.

"Modi and the people of Gujarat know that the so-called Gujarat model has failed. If we come to power, we will propagate the old Gujarat model under which cooperative societies like Amul developed," he said.

Rahul also attacked the government over its failure to create jobs.

India, he said, is competing with China these days. China creates 50,000 jobs every day, but India under the Modi government is able to generate just 450 jobs per day, he said.

"This is because their focus is on development of 100 big industries. When the Congress comes to power, it will develop small and medium scale industries which can create many more jobs," Rahul said.

 

With inputs from PTI


Published Date: Oct 10, 2017 01:08 pm | Updated Date: Oct 10, 2017 01:26 pm


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