Agnipath, note ban, GST aimed at instilling fear in people, says Rahul at yatra rally in Maharashtra

Attacking the Narendra Modi government Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged the Agnipath recruitment process for the armed forces note ban and Goods and Service Tax policies formulated by the Centre were aimed at instilling fear among the people of the country as his Bharat Jodo Yatra entered its 68th daySpeaking at a public meeting in Hingoli district of central Maharashtra organised as part of the Congresss mass outreach programme Gandhi said the prime minister wants Made in China products as this will benefit twothree billionaires in the countryWhat is Narendra Modi ji doing They the BJP are trying to spread fear violence and hatred Be it note ban Agniveer GSTall their policies only scare peopleThe one who gets scared there is hatred in his heart which leads to division in society And then they say they are patriots said the Lok Sabha MP from KeralaUnder the Agnipath scheme announced in June this year youths from 17andahalf years to 21 years will be inducted into the armed forces for a fouryear tenure while 25 per cent of them will be subsequently inducted for regular serviceGandhi criticised what he dubbed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS brand of patriotismNot waiving farmers loans is patriotism implementing the wrong GST is patriotism spreading hatred in the country is patriotism bringing three farm laws later scrapped is patriotism unemployment is patriotism and inflation is patriotism This is not Indias deshbhakti This is RSS deshbhakti he saidThe former Congress president maintained the 2016 note ban exercise and faulty implementation of the GST in 2017 were weapons to attack small shopowners and small and medium businessesThese policies were enacted to instill fear because they want to create hate They want to divide people and spread violence and divert attention from the real issues alleged the Lok Sabha MP in a scathing attack on the CentreThe Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Gandhi entered its 68th day as it resumed from Kalamnuri in Hingoli district on Monday after a oneday breakSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said 600 copies of Jawaharlal Nehrus book Discovery of India will be distributed to yatra participants on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Indias first prime ministerThe crosscountry footmarch took a oneday break in Maharashtra on Sunday and proceeded from Kalamnuri in Hingoli to Washim district on MondayToday is 68th day of BharatJodoYatra amp also 133rd birth anniversary of Nehru We are in Hingoli district amp coincidentally a fine book on him in Marathi has just come out in addition to one in English amp Hindi Ramesh said in a tweetMoistorians will continue to distort defame and denigrate but Nehru continues to inspire amp his relevance has only increased after 2014 600 copies of Nehrus iconic The Discovery of India will be distributed to Yatris today It was brought by a volunteer who drove all the way from Delhi for 23 hours straight at a very short notice said the Congress general secretary incharge of communicationsThe yatra which started from Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7 has so far covered 28 districts in six statesThe Congresss mass contact initiative will cover a distance of 382 km across five districts of Maharashtra before entering Madhya Pradesh on November 20It will pass through 12 states before culminating in Jammu and Kashmir in January after covering a distance of 3570 km over nearly 150 daysThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever