Punjab: Rahul Gandhi meets families of youths killed in Faridkot police firing

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the family members of Gurjeet Singh Bittu, who was killed in police firing at Behbal Kalan near Kotkapura in Punjab. Gurjeet Singh was killed during the protest against the desecration of the Guru Granth Sahib at Argari village on October 14. Rahul Gandhi is met the family members of Krishan Singh, the other person killed in the firing. He also met the farmers in Bathinda district and interacted with them.

Rahul Gandhi in Bathinda, Punjab: UPA will be formed after the elections; slams Modi

Bhatinda: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi launched yet another scathing attack on BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi while speaking at an election rally at Bhatinda in Punjab, on Monday. "We are going to form a government at the Centre this time too" he said. Slamming Modi's double-stance on corruption, Rahul Gandhi lamented, "Modi roams around and talks big of corruption but he does not see the large scale graft in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Gujarat. He has joined hands with former Karnataka Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, who had gone to jail for corruption charges".

Rahul Gandhi: We opened the doors for the youth in NSUI and Youth Congress

While addressing an impressive rally organised by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) inside the Punjab University campus in Chandigarh on Thursday, Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi urged the youth to join politics to clean the political system. Rahul Gandhi said that the NSUI and the Youth Congress were the only ones to give youths a chance to enter politics. "Doors of politics were closed for you. We opened them in NSUI and Youth Congress. Today, lakhs of youths, who do not have any relatives in politics, are in our organization. When we talked of elected NSUI and Youth Congress in Punjab, other parties laughed at us. We did it and showed to them not only in Punjab but all over India," asserted the Congress MP.

Rahul Gandhi: Opposition wants to halt UPA's welfare policies

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that the opposition’s only agenda is to halt welfare polices and oppose every pro-poor move of the UPA government. The Congress leader was addressing a rally organised by the National Students Union of India (NSUI) at Punjab University campus in Chandigarh. Winding up his two-day visit to Punjab, Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the BJP-led NDA, saying they were opposing the policies of the Congress, meant to take the country forward, without basis. "Our government brought FDI. Its meaning is giving the farmer what he deserves; his rightful share. When the BJP-led NDA government was in at the Centre, they were not opposed to FDI. When we (Congress) did it, they are opposing it," said Rahul Gandhi. "We brought MNREGA and land acquisition bill, they have opposed it. They want to stop work. Ask them what you want to do, they will not reply. What Congress wants to do, they want to stop. Because they know that if they let us work, we will change this country. But we will not stop," declared the young Congress MP.

Rahul Gandhi: Wherever there is development, there are women in active politics

While addressing an impressive rally organised by the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) inside the Punjab University campus in Chandigarh on Thursday, Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi urged the girls to join politics to take part in the process of development. Pointing towards the girl students who were present at the meeting in large numbers, the Congress General Secretary requested them to join politics by saying “Wherever there is development, there are women in active politics”. “I wish there would be a woman Chief Minister in Punjab within the next 15 years” he added.

Opposition always asks questions when we bring in welfare measures: Rahul Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi while addressing an election rally for the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh said that the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre is committed to bring in policies for the welfare of the people and the country. He alleged that whenever the Government tries to introduce new welfare schemes the opposition parties raise number of questions as they are not serious for the welfare of the poor.

“We came to you and you told us that there are no sufficient jobs available for the poor in the villages. So the first thing we did was to implement MNREGA, the biggest employment guarantee scheme, to guarantee jobs for all. By this biggest employment generation scheme poor are assured of jobs if they intend to work. Every poor is assured of 100 days of work at a daily wages of Rs 120 thus amounting to Rs 12,000 a year,” said Rahul Gandhi on UPA’s Mahatma Gandhi NREGA policy.

“When we made this MNREGA policy, the BJP and NDA asked from where we can have money for the scheme,” informed Rahul Gandhi. “This is the money of your sweat and blood. This money is the result of hard work of farmers and labourers from UP in Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. If the country is developing it is because of your efforts, your blood and sweat,” said Rahul Gandhi amidst applauds. “We do only one thing. We ensure that the money we received from you reaches back to you,” he claimed.

Rahul Gandhi sought the support for the Congress to form a Government of aam aadmi for bringing the state back to the path of development.

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