Kicking off his second phase of the Congress Campaign for the upcoming assembly polls in the state, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi promised that Congress can bring back Uttar Pradesh to the top position again. Addressing a Congress workers’ meet at Babrala in Gunnaur AICC General Secretary said that all the non-Congress Governments which ruled the state for the past 20 years pulled the state backward.
Criticising the negative stand taken by the Mayawati Government towards the farmers by way of the wrong land acquisition and the atrocities happened in many villages in UP Congress General Secretary added “When rich people sell their land, they get the market price. But if a poor farmer sells his land and asks for adequate compensation, he is punished” and continued “In Tappal and Bhatta-Parsaul a lot of farmers were assaulted by the BSP Government. Police fired at the agitating farmers when they were fighting against the wrong and forceful land acquisition by the UP Government. No one from the SP, BJP or SP went there. But we went there, listened to them and understood their problems. Not only that, the Congress led Government at the centre drafted a new Land Acquisition Bill without any delay. But some parties have been trying to block it behind the closed doors of Parliament. Who is the loser? Not the elite or rich people but it is the common man, poor farmers and villagers are the losers.”
Rahul Gandhi emphasized that Congress is committed to work for the poor. “We want to serve the poor. There is no shortage for funds. Our country is fast developing. We send the money to you under different schemes. But those funds do not reach you” he complained.
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