Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday exhorted the people to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi what he received in return for “giving” Anil Ambani ₹30,000 crore under the Rafale fighter aircraft deal.
Addressing a poll meeting in his parliamentary constituency here, Mr. Gandhi said, “When the Prime Minister comes and makes false claims, ask him one question. Why has he has given ₹30,000 crore to Ambani and what has Ambani done in return for him?”
Asking if anyone has seen chowkidar in front of a farmer or labourer’s house, he said for the past some time, every farmer has been forced to do ‘chowkidari’ of his agriculture field.
GST under attack
The Congress chief also hit out at the Prime Minister over the Goods and Services Tax, saying when the ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ was imposed, the money was taken from people and it went to thieves and safe haven overseas.
“The BJP conducted surgical strikes on poor people of the country, while we will conduct surgical strikes on poverty. If the Congress is voted to power, it will give 22 lakh jobs to youngsters,” he said addressing an election meeting in Prashedpur in Rae Bareli.
‘Irani an outsider’
Interacting with the voters in Rae Bareli, Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern U.P. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra dubbing the BJP’s Amethi candidate Smriti Irani as an “outsider”. Accusing Ms Irani of distributing shoes to local people to insult Mr Gandhi, she said the people in the Congress president’s constituency are not beggars.
Stating that the people of Amethi and Rae Bareli have self-respect and do not beg from anyone, Ms Vadra said at a street corner meeting, “If anyone has to beg, it is them (BJP), who will beg for your votes.”