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
