LIVE: I want a farmer's son to fly a plane someday, says Rahul Gandhi at Bilaspur (HP) rally

Bilaspur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today tried to reach out to the farmers of Himachal Pradesh and rest of the country by sharing his vision that he wants even a farmer's son to fly a plane some day. Addressing an election rally at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Modi said, “We want a farmer's son to fly a plane someday. Porters, rickshaw pullers, farmers and laborers run this nation. We want to take them forward.”Rahul promised free medicine to poorer section of the society if Congress is voted back to power in the 2014 elections. “When I spoke to rickshaw pullers they said that when they are injured and need to be operated they face a precarious situation. Since they don't have money, hospitals don't entertain them. Similarly farmers told me that that they also require free medicine. Therefore, if we come back to power in 2014, we will ensure that poor people get free medication that includes medicines and operations,”added Rahul.Rahul once again targeted Modi for allotting lands to Adani at a throwaway price in Gujarat.“45000 acres of land in Gujarat was given to an industrialist for Rs. 1 per acre. Then they campaigned for India shining. Congress brought about 15 crore people out of poverty. In Gujarat if someone is earning Rs 11 then they are considered BPL people,” said Modi. Here are live updates of Rahul's speech 01:02 pm: Rahul ends his speech by asking people to vote for him. 01:00 pm: Modi says that he wants to make the statue of Sardar Patel. He has never read about him. Sardar Patel despised RSS ideology. 12:58 pm: Rahul: You had come to us and told us that one rank one pension is an old pending issue. Congress party had a meeting. P Chidambaram said that India's financial position was not good so we couldn't afford that. But Soniaji, Manmohanji said that this was important and we implemented one rank one pension scheme. Now BJP has mentioned it in their manifesto. 12:57 pm: You can ask that one businessman (Adani) as to how many people has he provided employment to. 12:55 pm: Rahul: Whatever you buy today has made in Chine label on it. We want I to have made in himachal label. We don't just say. We have prepared an industrial corridor across the country. Now thousands of businessmen are going to come invest. 12:52 pm: Rahul: We don't want to be watchdogs. We want you to be watchdogs. We gave you IIT, Institute of Hotel Management. 60 industries were established. An IT Park was made in Dharamshala. Medical college and Kendrividhyalaya was set up. 70 crore people have been prepared - these people are above poverty and below middle class. In the coming years our aim is to get those people to middle class. 12:50 pm: Rahul: Now let me tell you a little about Gujarat model. He (Modi) gave away land to an industrialist at meager rate. His company is now worth 40 crore. How did it happen? Farmers' lands were snatched away from them. He gave 10000 crore to one person. This amount could have made the entire Gujarat literate. 12:48 pm: Rahul: Villages don't have firm roofs and in cities, poor people use plastic sheets. These don't last during inclement weather. So Congress is going to ensure that you all have the right to accommodation. We will also ensure that all the old people get pension. 12:47 pm: Rahul: This hasn't been thought by Rahul Gandhi. You have given us the knowledge. You know everything. We just have to ask. 12:44 pm: Rahul: How did we give employment to people? They want India to continue the way it is. Farmer must remain a farmer. We want a farmer's son to someday fly plane. Porters, rickshaw pullers, farmers and laborers run this nation. We want to take them forward. In 2014 what will we do for them? - Well three months back we had moved amongst you. We met people from all walks of life. You told us three pertinent issues that need to be addressed. When I spoke to rickshaw pullers they said that when they are injured and need to be operated they are under predicament. Since they don't have money, hospitals don't entertain them. Similarly farmers told me that that they require free medicine. So in 2014 if we come back to power we will ensure that poor people get free medication that includes medicines and operations. 12:41 pm: Rahul: Earlier they had talked about India Shining. 43000 acres of land in Gujarat was given to an industrialist for Rs. 1 per metre. Then they campaign India shining. Congress brought about 15 crore people out of poverty. In Gujarat if someone is earning Rs 11 then they are considered BPL. 12:38 pm: Rahul: One ideology says that for the past 60 years women and men have sacrificed their lives for the nation. The other ideology says that nothing ha happened in the past 60 years. One ideology says that women need to be empowered. When I was in Delhi I saw a poster of Modi that was on women empowerment. Modi has dedicated his entire life to BJP. Golwalkar, one of the leaders of RSS had once said that India's gravest mistake was to vote for women. That's how they talk of women12:37pm: Rahul: You all have come here despite the heat. I thank you. Right now Virbhadra (CM of Himachal) talked of Mahabharat and Kaurav and Pandav's – Battle of Truth. This election is a war of ideology.12:37 pm: Rahul begins his speech