Amethi (UP): Rahul Gandhi today visited his parliamentary constituency and gifted two new trains and a railway line to Amethi although he admitted that such steps alone would not eradicate poverty.
Rahul Gandhi also stressed that UPA government's flagship MNREGA and Food Security schemes would help change the face of the country.
“I reiterate it several times that only by laying railway lines alone will not eradicate poverty.... For this we have brought big schemes.... First MNREGS and now food security scheme.... This is a revolutionary step, which would change the face of the country,” he said.
The Congress Vice-President was here in his parliamentary constituency to inaugurate two trains and lay foundation of a new railway line in Salon area.