Rahul Gandhi kicks off Rajasthan poll campaign with attack on PM Modi

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of issues including the Rafale deal with France saying why a 70yearold defence public sector unit HAL was ignored for manufacturing the fighter jetGandhi also questioned how the cost of one aircraft which was Rs 540 crore when the UPA government had signed the deal rose to thrice its value to Rs 1600 crore under the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled government at the Centre Now when this question is asked to a man who claims he has 56inch chest and who says I am a chowkidaar of the country he prefers to remain tightlipped in Parliament during 15 hours of discussion he saidGandhi was speaking at a Congress rally in Jaipur on Saturday He kicked off the partys poll campaign for the state Assembly elections later this year by holding a mega roadshow in the city He also questioned the Prime Minister on his promise of generating two crore employment opportunities anuallyWhile China generates 50000 jobs every 24 hours India employs only 450 youths in the same period Isnt this proportion inappropriate he said adding that India has better talent better numbers and better quality of hardworking people Recalling the promise made by the Prime Minister of Rs 15 lakh coming to every citizens account Gandhi said Modi failed to fulfil all the promises he madeOn farmer suicides he sought to know if industrialists loans can be waived off why cannot those of farmers Loans worth 230000 crore of 15 top industrialists were waived off by the PM but the farmers loans were not he said If industrialists are unable to repay loans those are called NPAs nonperforming assets but if farmers fail to pay back they are called defaulters and are sent behind the bars Why this discrimination he askedThe Gandhi family scion also had a piece of advice for the Prime Minister If you are hugging industrialists you should also hug a farmer He pointed out that even the demonetisation was implemented to help top industrialists The Congress President announced that after coming to power his party will bring one GST slab for all goods and shall also bring petrol and diesel within the ambit of GST to ensure that inflation comes downLaunching more attacks on Modi Gandhi said Many times PM says Beti Bachao Beti Padhao but he never says from whom they should be protected In UP BJP MLA rapes a woman but PM remains mum So many rapes are being reported but PM never says a word Even in Rajasthan females feel insecure to walk alone Modiji women never felt so miserable in the last 70 years under the Congress rule as they are feeling nowAsserting that the Congress will form government in Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Gandhi said that no parachute candidate will be given tickets in these elections The voice of ground workers will be the voice of Congress in state Our first step is to win Assembly elections and next is to win Lok Sabha elections he announcedAlso Read Congress President Rahul Gandhi Attacks Govt Over Rising Atrocities Against DalitsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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