Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday, September 30, accused the Modi government of working for industrialists and claimed that money keeps flowing into the account of Gautam Adani “like a tsunami” while the common man struggles.
He also asserted that the Congress would form a government in Haryana and bring about a change.
Addressing a rally in Naraingarh in Ambala district, he said the fight is between the Congress and BJP and their ideologies.
“On one hand it is justice and on the other hand it is injustice”, he said.
Hitting out the BJP government, he said it belongs to big industrialists.
“In Haryana, we don’t need such a government, but the one of farmers, labourers and poor, he said.
Referring to his recent visit to the US, the leader of the Indian opposition said he met some immigrants from Haryana who went there in search of a better future as they were unable to get employment opportunities in their home state.
The Congress leader said it is important to see how much money is going into the pockets of poor and common people and how much is going out.
“You have to ask this whether more money is going out of your pockets or more is coming into your pockets,” he said.
“Think about Adani ji. He wakes up in the morning, does not work on a farm, does not use a plough, does not work in a small business, eats good food, lives in a palatial house and every morning, for 24 hours, in his bank account, money keeps coming in, non-stop. Like tsunami comes, in the same manner, money is coming into his bank account,” he claimed.
However, money is going out from the bank accounts of people “like a storm,” he said.
Rahul Gandhi asked, “If loans worth Rupees 16 lakh crore can be waived for Adani, why not the farmers’ loans can be waived?”
While the Congress protects the interests of farmers, poor and labourers, the BJP gives benefits to big industrialists, he claimed.
Gandhi said the BJP government says that laws have been framed for farmers.
“If laws were framed for them, then why farmers in the country are on roads? Because farmer knows that money will be taken out from their pockets in one more way,” he claimed.
In the name of development, the land of farmers, and the poor is taken but have you heard that the land of industrialists is being taken? he asked.
Referring to the problems of farmers, he said the right price is not given for their produce and then when they think of joining the Army, there they face the Agnipath scheme.
“It is not Agniveer scheme, it is a way to steal the pension of the jawans, it is just that. Normal jawan gets a pension for life. An Agniveer will not get the pension. This means money has been snatched from their pocket,” he said.
Without naming parties like INLD and JJP, who are also in the contest for polls on October 5, Gandhi claimed that remote control of small parties is in the hands of the BJP.
Rahul Gandhi was joined by his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior Congress leaders from Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja at the rally.
Former chief minister Hooda and his bete noire and Sirsa MP were also present at the rally as Congress sought to present a united face, with its Haryana unit often coming under sharp attack from rival parties, including the BJP, over infighting.
