“Amethi Is Still The Same But…”: Rahul Gandhi’s March Against Centre

Amethi/ New Delhi:

Rahul Gandhi led the Congress’s no-holds-barred assault on the central authorities in the present day as he led a march in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, his former Lok Sabha constituency. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, his sister and the social gathering’s UP in cost, was by his aspect because the Congress finds its toes whereas the BJP works laborious to safe a second straight time period.

As he visited Amethi for the second time for the reason that 2019 Lok Sabha loss, Mr Gandhi, 51, stated, “Each lane in Amethi remains to be the identical. Solely that there is anger towards the federal government in folks’s eyes. “

“Within the hearts, there may be area similar to earlier than. We’re nonetheless united towards injustice,” he added as he led the anti-inflation rally. “I got here into politics in 2004. Amethi was the town the place I contested my first election. Folks of Amethi have taught me loads about politics. You’ve got proven me the way in which to politics and I wish to thank every and everybody.”

India’s border dispute with China, farmers’ deaths at protest websites, and “Hindu vs Hindutvawadi” jibe on the BJP figured in his speech.

#Amethi की हर गली आज भी वैसी ही है- सिर्फ़ जनता की आँखों में अब सरकार के लिए आक्रोश है।

दिलों में आज भी पहले सी जगह है-
आज भी एक हैं हम,
अन्याय के ख़िलाफ़!#PratigyaPadyatrahttps://t.co/ZAv0UpNjPf

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 18, 2021

“A Hindu spends his entire life strolling on the trail of reality. A Hindu by no means succumbs to his worry – he faces all his fears. He by no means lets his worry flip into anger, hatred. However a Hindutvawadi solely makes use of lies to remain in energy. Mahatma Gandhi ji stated a Hindu’s path is that of satyagraha,” stated Mr Gandhi, Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad.

Amethi had been a Congress stronghold until Rahul Gandhi misplaced to the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019 by over 50,000 votes. 

This was one of many many blows that got here the social gathering’s means ever for the reason that BJP took cost on the centre in 2014.

As we speak’s six-km foot march in Amethi comes precisely per week after high Congress leaders – together with Sonia Gandhi – held a rally in Rajasthan to spotlight, what they referred to as, centre’s failures.  Rahul Gandhi had lashed out on the BJP with the “Hindu vs Hindutvawadi” jibe in Rajasthan too.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has additionally been frequenting the state over the previous couple of weeks to launch a number of authorities tasks months forward of the polls.  

The launch of all these tasks simply earlier than polls, nonetheless, has additionally led to assaults from rivals. 

Focusing on the BJP authorities within the state and the centre, Rahul Gandhi, stepping up the assault, in the present day spoke about PM Modi’s massive Varanasi launch earlier this week. “You’re conscious of the state of affairs in the present day. Unemployment and inflation are the most important questions that neither the Chief Minister nor Prime Minister will reply. PM Modi was taking a dip in Ganga a couple of days again however will not discuss unemployment.” 

“A ‘Hindutvavadi‘ bathes alone in Ganga, whereas a Hindu bathes with crores of individuals…Narendra Modi says he’s a Hindu, however when did he defend the reality? He requested folks to bang thalis to eliminate COVID…Hindu or Hindutvadi?”

#WATCH | A ‘Hindutvavadi’ bathes alone in Ganga, whereas a Hindu bathes with crores of individuals…Narendra Modi says he’s a Hindu, however when did he defend reality?…He requested folks to bang thalis to eliminate COVID…Hindu or Hindutvadi?: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Amethi pic.twitter.com/S51O22YxF9

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 18, 2021

“Center-class folks and the poor folks have been badly affected by a number of the choices taken by the PM, which additionally resulted in large-scale unemployment. Demonetisation, GST, no assist in the course of the Covid disaster are the key causes for unemployment in India.” 

(With inputs from ANI)