BJP creating rich & poor Hindustans, says Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan’s Banswara | Jaipur News
“We do not want two Hindustans, we want one Hindustan where everyone gets the opportunity to fulfill one’s dreams. This is the fight, and the Congress will win it,” Rahul said, while addressing a rally of tribal people at Karana in Banswara.
A day after the conclusion of Congress’ three-day ‘Nav Sankalp Shivir’ in Udaipur, Rahul reached the tribal-dominated southern Rajasthan to lay the foundation stone of a much-needed bridge over the confluence of three rivers (Som, Mahi and Jakham) at Dungarpur district’s Beneshwar Dham, a revered place for the tribal people, and then reached the Banswara village less than a kilometre away to address the rally.
“The Congress says that we have to move forward while connecting with all, respect and protect the culture of all. The BJP works to divide, ‘crush’ and ‘suppress’. (BJP) works to remove history and culture of tribals,” he said. “We work to connect while they work to divide. We help the weaker and they help selected top industrialists,” Rahul said at the rally.
Gehlot govt works for common man, says Rahul
Praising Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, who was present on the dais along with Sachin Pilot and other state leaders, Rahul said, “Gehlot ji’s government works for the common man, not for 2-3 industrialists; it works for people’s education and hea lth and provides employment.” The Congress leader par ticularly mentioned Gehlot-government’s free medicine schem e and even tweeted about it later, calling it the best in the country.“No state other than Ra jasthan provides free treatment up to Rs 10 lakh to everyone,” he said.
He also praised the state government’s initiative to set up English medium schools in the tribal belt.Rahul repeated his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government over the state of the economy. He said, “The BJP government has attacked Rahul Gandhi mentioned Gehlot government’s free medicine scheme and even tweeted about it our economy. The PM did ‘notebandi’, implemented the wrong GST due to which the economy g ot destroyed. PM Modi and the BJP harmed the economy that the UPA gov ernment earlier strengthened.”Rahul said Congress had an old and deep relationship with the tribal people. “We protect your history, we don’t want to suppress or delete your history. When we had the UPA government a t the Centre, we had brought historic laws to protect the forest and water of tribals,” he said.Addressing the rally, Gehlot said the situation in the country was “worrisome” and it would progress only when there was peace and harmony.
“For 70 y ears, the Congress worked to keep the country united. We are proud to be Hindus, but it is our duty to respect other religions as well. Our policies and programmes are in the interest of the nation,” the chief minister said.
