Congress president Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks that “the development of the country began only after 2014, when he became the prime minister”.
“He (Modi) doesn’t even know that the country is run by the people and not by a single man. He insults you by making such comments,” Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Baloda Bazar in poll-bound Chhattisgarh.
The Congress president alleged that Demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was aimed to break the back of small and medium businesses.
Rahul Gandhi further said that the Congress will encourage youth to do business and get loan facility from banks.
The Congress is not against big industrialists, but if government gives them benefit, small and medium business should not be neglected, he added.
“Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya fled the country with thousands of crores of rupees belonging to the people of India. PM Modi does nothing to bring them back to the country and doesn’t utter a word on the issue,” he said.
He claimed the CBI director was removed from his post at 1 am to stop a probe into the Rafale deal. “If there is an investigation, only two names will come up: Narendra Modi and Anil Ambani. Modi is scared of a probe,” he said.
Gandhi claimed Anil Ambani was chosen over HAL for the Rafale deal despite HAL having 70 years experience in manufacturing fighter aircraft.
“Anil Ambani didn’t have the experience. He may not have made even a paper aeroplane,” he said. Gandhi said there is an undercurrent in favour of the Congress in the 18 constituencies of Chhattisgarh which went to polls Monday.
Results from Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and other poll-bound states will go in favour of the Congress, he said.
Chhattisgarh is rich in resources, the Congress president said, adding the “dream of the state was broken due to the misrule” of the BJP government.
Promising a “people’s government” in Chhattisgarh if voted to power, he said people want a government which listens to their “Mann ki Baat”.
“Instead of working for a few industrialists, Congress will work for development of agriculture, education and health in the state,” Gandhi said.
(With PTI inputs)
