NUH: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi renewed his attack on PM Narendra Modi over unemployment and the Constitution on the final day of the assembly poll campaign in Haryana, telling a rally in Nuh that “a Congress storm is coming”.
Gandhi was back in Nuh on Thursday — nearly two years after he led the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the south Haryana district with a ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ message. He brought up the same theme as he began his speech on the last day of campaign for the Oct 5 assembly polls.
“How are you feeling today? I can’t hear you,” Gandhi told the crowd at Anaj Mandi in Nuh town, which responded with loud cheers.
“A Congress worker is like a lion you find alone in the jungle. But here, there are thousands standing together. Let me tell you about the nature of a Congress worker. We do not counter hate with hate, we counter it with love. There is brotherhood in our hearts. No matter how much you attack or insult us, we always respond to hate with love,” he said.
Nuh witnessed communal riots last year after a religious procession was pelted with stones on July 31 last year.
Rahul, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the fight across the country was now between “mohabbat (love)” and “nafrat (hatred)”. “Hatred must be ended. India is not a country of hatred, it is the country of mohabbat…. It is the country of mohabbat ki dukan, not nafrat ka bazaar,” he told the gathering.
Accusing the PM of failing to address the state’s high unemployment rate, he said the Centre had favoured only billionaires through loan waivers while neglecting farmers and the unemployed.
“Modi ji runs a government of ‘arabpatis’. He waived Rs 16 lakh crore of debt of 20-25 people,” the Congress leader alleged. “How many loans of farmers have they waived in Haryana?” he asked. He also sought to know how Haryana — once a hub of agriculture and industrial activity — had become “number one in unemployment”.
Rahul referred to his recent visit to the US, saying he met several youths from Haryana who reached the country after traversing through “Kazakhstan, South America and jungles of Panama” – a reference to the Donkey Route. “In the US, many youths shared their struggles with me. They told me they had to leave Haryana and come all the way to America because there were no jobs back at home,” he said, adding he visited the houses of many of these youths during his Karnal campaign. Some of them, Rahul said, had taken loans worth Rs 50 lakh to reach the US.
“Their families won’t see their loved ones for 10 years. I saw a child talking to his father on video call, begging him to come home soon. His father lied to him, saying he would come home in a few days. This is not the Haryana we want. We reject a Haryana plagued by unemployment and rising prices,” he added.
“Modi ji must answer how Haryana has reached this shameful position. Why are the youth of this state being forced to leave their homes and families to find jobs elsewhere?” he asked.
Holding up a copy of his pocket Constitution, he said BJP and RSS were working together to destroy it. “The battle is for this book. They want to destroy the very foundation of our nation. But Congress will not let that happen. If there’s no Constitution, then you — the poor — won’t have anything. Your land, money and water — all will vanish. They will go to the hands of a select 20-25 people,” he added.
On the rising prices of fuel, cooking gas and high cost of education, Rahul alleged “money is being taken out of the pockets of common people”.
“Education is also privatised. Money is being taken from the poor and deposited in the pockets of the rich,” he said, promising jobs for all 36 communities (chhattis biradaris) in the state.
Campaigning for Nuh candidate Aftab Ahmed, he urged the crowd to not vote for either BJP or its “A, B or C teams”. “Don’t vote for BJP. Don’t waste your votes on the smaller parties either. These are just the A, B, and C teams of BJP. There is no difference between them and the ruling party,” he claimed.
Rahul ended his speech with a promise. “Yes, there is a wave coming for Congress, a storm is coming. It will be a govt of the poor, of farmers, of love. We will open mohabbat ki dukaan everywhere,” he said.
At the rally, Rahul was welcomed with a traditional Mewati turban. Apart from Ahmed, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, senior Congressman Raj Babbar and Ferozepur Jhirka candidate Mamman Khan — an accused in the Nuh riots of last year — shared the stage with him.
(With inputs from PTI)
Gandhi was back in Nuh on Thursday — nearly two years after he led the Bharat Jodo Yatra in the south Haryana district with a ‘mohabbat ki dukan’ message. He brought up the same theme as he began his speech on the last day of campaign for the Oct 5 assembly polls.
“How are you feeling today? I can’t hear you,” Gandhi told the crowd at Anaj Mandi in Nuh town, which responded with loud cheers.
“A Congress worker is like a lion you find alone in the jungle. But here, there are thousands standing together. Let me tell you about the nature of a Congress worker. We do not counter hate with hate, we counter it with love. There is brotherhood in our hearts. No matter how much you attack or insult us, we always respond to hate with love,” he said.
Nuh witnessed communal riots last year after a religious procession was pelted with stones on July 31 last year.
Rahul, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, said the fight across the country was now between “mohabbat (love)” and “nafrat (hatred)”. “Hatred must be ended. India is not a country of hatred, it is the country of mohabbat…. It is the country of mohabbat ki dukan, not nafrat ka bazaar,” he told the gathering.
Accusing the PM of failing to address the state’s high unemployment rate, he said the Centre had favoured only billionaires through loan waivers while neglecting farmers and the unemployed.
“Modi ji runs a government of ‘arabpatis’. He waived Rs 16 lakh crore of debt of 20-25 people,” the Congress leader alleged. “How many loans of farmers have they waived in Haryana?” he asked. He also sought to know how Haryana — once a hub of agriculture and industrial activity — had become “number one in unemployment”.
Rahul referred to his recent visit to the US, saying he met several youths from Haryana who reached the country after traversing through “Kazakhstan, South America and jungles of Panama” – a reference to the Donkey Route. “In the US, many youths shared their struggles with me. They told me they had to leave Haryana and come all the way to America because there were no jobs back at home,” he said, adding he visited the houses of many of these youths during his Karnal campaign. Some of them, Rahul said, had taken loans worth Rs 50 lakh to reach the US.
“Their families won’t see their loved ones for 10 years. I saw a child talking to his father on video call, begging him to come home soon. His father lied to him, saying he would come home in a few days. This is not the Haryana we want. We reject a Haryana plagued by unemployment and rising prices,” he added.
“Modi ji must answer how Haryana has reached this shameful position. Why are the youth of this state being forced to leave their homes and families to find jobs elsewhere?” he asked.
Holding up a copy of his pocket Constitution, he said BJP and RSS were working together to destroy it. “The battle is for this book. They want to destroy the very foundation of our nation. But Congress will not let that happen. If there’s no Constitution, then you — the poor — won’t have anything. Your land, money and water — all will vanish. They will go to the hands of a select 20-25 people,” he added.
On the rising prices of fuel, cooking gas and high cost of education, Rahul alleged “money is being taken out of the pockets of common people”.
“Education is also privatised. Money is being taken from the poor and deposited in the pockets of the rich,” he said, promising jobs for all 36 communities (chhattis biradaris) in the state.
Campaigning for Nuh candidate Aftab Ahmed, he urged the crowd to not vote for either BJP or its “A, B or C teams”. “Don’t vote for BJP. Don’t waste your votes on the smaller parties either. These are just the A, B, and C teams of BJP. There is no difference between them and the ruling party,” he claimed.
Rahul ended his speech with a promise. “Yes, there is a wave coming for Congress, a storm is coming. It will be a govt of the poor, of farmers, of love. We will open mohabbat ki dukaan everywhere,” he said.
At the rally, Rahul was welcomed with a traditional Mewati turban. Apart from Ahmed, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, senior Congressman Raj Babbar and Ferozepur Jhirka candidate Mamman Khan — an accused in the Nuh riots of last year — shared the stage with him.
(With inputs from PTI)
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