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‘Will be govt of poor rather than govt of Adani’: Rahul Gandhi hits out at BJP in poll-bound Chhattisgarh

2023-09-09 00:00:00.0 铸币报-政治原网页

Congress leader and MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at an event in poll-bound Chhattisgarh hit out at Prime Minister and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi regarding the Adani group stock manipulation charges. He said, "India's PM can't make an inquiry on the Adani. Because after the inquiry the loss will not be for Adani but to someone else."

Talking about the defeat BJP faced in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi said, "Before every election, BJP presents a number. They say they will get 230 seats-250 seats. But every poor person in Karnataka voted for Congress."

"BJP has broken the economic backbone of India. GST and demonetisation destroyed small businessmen and that was done deliberately," Gandhi added.

"Be it the governments in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, or the upcoming governments in Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, they will be the government of the poor rather than being the 'governments of Adani'," said the Congress leader.

At the event, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said, “Congress party always works towards empowering the common people and to give them their rights."

Rahul Gandhi arrived at poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday, 2 September. Rahul Gandhi was received by Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel at the airport. Rahul Gandhi attended the 'Rajeev Yuva Mitan Conference' in Nava Raipur along with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

The Congress leader was in Mumbai on Friday to take part in a meeting of the opposition INDIA alliance.

This is Gandhi's first visit to the poll-bound state after the Congress held its plenary session in Raipur in February this year. i

Notably, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday released an "Arop Patra" (chargesheet) against the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh, accusing it of indulging in scams and loot, and committing atrocities against the people of the state, where elections are due by the year-end.

Ahead of the polls in the Congress-ruled state, this is for the first time that events of the two senior leaders belonging to rival parties are coinciding on the same day.

Amit Shah is is attending two functions, one in Raipur and the other at Saraipali in Mahasamund district.

In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress won 68 of 90 seats in the state, while the BJP finished a distant second at 15. The JCC (J) won in five constituencies and its ally BSP got two seats. The Congress currently has 71 members in the House.

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