Dehradun:
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today addressed a rally in Dehradun. Here are the highlights:
- The entire nation stood behind Uttarakhand during the crisis
- I appeal to you: wherever you hear pain, please go there and help
- In politics, there is no place for pride
- One must quit pride to help others, to understand the pain of others
- Today, I met with the Chief Minister and we spoke about relief and reconstruction in the state
- He assured me that before the tourist season, the infrastructure will be reconstructed
- When the destruction struck (last year), who helped us the most? The Army jawans
- An Air Force helicopter fell down, killing these jawans
- Hopefully, at least half of the members in Vidhan Sabha will be women
- Women said they need 12 cylinders. We understood your pain and delivered on that.
- Unless we strengthen women, give them employment India will not become a superpower
- Wherever we can give you a ticket, it must be done
- On youth: We are considering a corridor which will pass through Uttarakhand too. This manufacturing corridor will provide employment to the youth
- On education: We brought the IIM, IIT and NIIT here
- I spoke to the Chief Minister that he should keenly look into the horticulture sector, it should bring about more employment
- The Chief Minister told me he is working for 18 hours, I said work for 20 hours if you have to for Uttarakhand
- When my father Rajiv Gandhi talked about computers in the 80s, the Opposition said 'Don't know what has happened to him'
- Today, they talk about IT revolution
- And Pramod Mahajan even said that it was the BJP which brought computers and telcom in the country. They lie.
- They give big and ambitious speeches only but lack vision
- We will now bring about health benefits
- The benefits that the rich get, we will ensure the poor also receive the same
- Our aim is to bring these 70 Lakh people to the middle class
- There is a man who speaks about Gujarat in the entire nation - that he made the state what it is today. But when I talm abouyt progress, I don't talk about myself. I talk about you, the progress is because of me.
- That person is forgetting that Gujarat is made by people, not him
- If he goes amidst the people of Gujarat, he will realise the people, the women, the dalits of Gujarat have contributed towards the development in Gujarat
- Congress has a vision, it is not short-sighted
- When did Lokayukta come to Gujarat?
- Except one person, everyone is under the Lokayukta
- Our leaders spoke to their leaders, sought help on the Lokpal Bill
- This leader from BJP cannot see Yeddyurappa in Karnataka or corruption in Gujarat
- They are unable to see corruption in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
- They (Opposition) don't think about Lokpal, Lokayukta or anything else. They only care about power.
- To grab power, they (Opposition) can do anything - can resort to communal violence, make you fight against each other
- The way you people stood together at the time of crisis, that unity is needed in the elections too.
- They want to take the power away from you
- They only ask you to vote for them as the PM and everything will be OK
- They say ' humko PM bana do, baaki sab theek ho jayega'
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