Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Left front government and PM Narendra Modi-led BJP though campaigning in Kerala. Addressing a gathering, Rahul Gandhi mentioned that the PM of the nation and the CM of Kerala have the very same mentality and they contemplate any one against them as anti-national. He mentioned that the Congress-led UDF will usually oppose this mentality and will usually strengthen the voice of the people today.
“For Kerala CM, protesting youth are his enemies. It’s like the PM calling protesting farmers- terrorists. The same idea, if you are against him, you are a terrorist, you are a murderer. If you are against him, you are anti-national,” mentioned the Congress leader.
Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “Modi is an instrument of 2-3 people, who want to take India’s wealth away from India. Modi is an entity, who will do anything for power.” He alleged that revenue is taken from poor people today and offered to businessmen. “CM and PM take money from auto wallas, from people who drive scooters/cars (when they buy fuel), from housewives (when they buy costlier gas). When prices go up, money is taken away from our people and given to businessmen,” mentioned Rahul Gandhi.
He claimed that the left front has stolen the future of the youth from them. “One of the highest unemployment rates in the country is in Kerala. If you want a job in Kerala, you have to be a member of the left organisation,” he mentioned.
Rahul Gandhi mentioned that Congress-led UDF will give Kerala a vision, a path and harmony. “When the UDF comes to power, we will guarantee Rs 250 a kilo for rubber. We are not doing rubber farmers a favour, we are doing this because we understand without doing this, we cannot start the economy of Kerala,” mentioned Rahul Gandhi.
He added, “If you want an economy to function, if you want jobs to be created, the first thing you need is harmony in the state. Second, you need to put money in people’s hands and that is what we are going to do when we come to power in Kerala.”
Rahul Gandhi mentioned this with reference to his ambitious NYAY scheme. He mentioned that Kerala may well turn out to be a testing ground for the project. “A sum of Rs 72,000 a year will go straight into the beneficiaries bank account. And we know what is going to happen next. We are testing a new idea in Kerala,” Gandhi told the gathering. Gandhi mentioned that he wanted to test the scheme due to the fact if it performs in Kerala, he wanted to replicate it in all Congress-ruled states.
The Congress-led UDF has promised Rs 2000 pension for homemakers, Rs 6,000 per month to the poor beneath ‘Nyay Yojana’ and 5 lakh residences for the underprivileged in its manifesto for Kerala.
Elections for 140 legislative seats in Kerala will be held on April 6 though the counting of votes will take spot on May 2.