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Rahul kicks off Telangana campaign with attack on Modi, KCR
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IANS | 20 Oct, 2018
Congress President Rahul Gandhi kicked off his party's election campaign
in Telangana by targeting both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief
Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao by accusing them both of indulging in
corruption.
Promising to build 'new Telangana', he addressed a
massive public meeting at Bhainsa town in Adilabad district, where he
told people that five years were wasted as Chief Minister Rao shattered
the dreams of the new state.
Gandhi said it was only KCR's family
which "cornered" all the benefits. He said only Congress could build a
Telangana which is free from corruption and farmers' suicides.
On
his first visit to Telangana after the announcement of the poll
schedule, Gandhi was scheduled to address public meetings in Kamareddy
and Hyderabad later in the day.
The Congress chief told the gathering at Bhaina that governments of both Modi and KCR were on their way out.
He also alleged that KCR insulted B.R. Ambedkar by changing the name of an irrigation project in the state to Kaleshwaram.
He claimed that KCR was resorting to corruption in irrigation projects by redesigning them to benefit his family and friends.
"This
project was named after Ambedkar and was to be built at a cost of Rs
38,000 crore but KCR has revised the cost to Rs 1 lakh crore. Other
irrigation projects were also redesigned to hike their cost," he said.
He
promised that if voted to power Congress would implement the
legislation brought by the UPA government to protect the lands of
farmers and tribals and return the lands which were forcibly acquired by
the KCR government.
He claimed that the purpose of the
legislation was to ensure that the lands of farmers were not acquired
without their consent and if the lands are acquired with their consent
they should be paid compensation which is four times the market value.
Gandhi
said if voted to power Congress would waive all farm loans up to Rs 2
lakh and pay Rs 3,000 unemployment allowance to youth.
He alleged
that KCR failed to fulfil his promises to provide one job in each
family, three acres of land to every Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe
family, two bed-room houses for poor and drinking water to every
household.
Gandhi said like KCR, Modi had also made false
promises including Rs 15 lakh in every bank account, two crore jobs
every year and remunerative prices for farmers.
On Modi's charge
that Congress did nothing for the poor, Gandhi claimed that it was
Congress which pulled out many families out of poverty by brining MNREGA
and providing right to food.
Gandhi said Modi had promised that
he would work as a "chowkidar" but he did not mention whose "chowkidari"
he would do. He alleged that Modi was doing "chowkidari" of the likes
of Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi, Lalit Modi and Anil Ambani.
He
reiterated that Modi snatched Rafale contract from public sector
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and gave it to Anil Ambani to
benefit him to the tune of Rs 30,000 crore. "India's chowkidar has
stolen people's money," he said.
The Congress leader also alleged
that Modi spreads hatred. "He pits people of one religion against
another, one caste against the other and one region against another.
"He
is weakening the country. Congress believes in uniting people
irrespective of their religion, caste and region and that the difference
between BJP and Congress," he said.
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