PM obliges only 15-20 people, claims Rahul

Rahul Gandhi, whose security cover was on Tuesday tightened in the wake of Monday's shoe attack, continued his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he works only for "15-20" people and ignores the rest.

Addressing the people during a road show here, the Congress vice president said, though the common man elected Modi as the Prime Minister, after the elections he has forgotten the farmers, the dalits, and the unemployed youths. "Modiji, if you want to oblige 15 people, you can. But you cannot forget the interests of other people of the country," Rahul said during the road show, which is part of his 2,500-km Kisan Yatra in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. He said Congress will force Modi government to shed its "discriminatory approach" and work for each Indian.

After the shoe-hurling incident in Sitapur on Monday, Rahul's security cover was strengthened with deployment of additional personnel. "The motive behind the Kisan Yatra is to press the Modi government to waive loans of every farmer, slash electricity bills of every Indian and give adequate prices to farmers for their crop," he said.

Accompanied by former Union minister Jitin Prasada, former Kheri MP Zafar Ali Naqvi and district Congress president Raghvendra Bahadur Singh in his 'Deoria to Delhi Kisan Yatra', Rahul reached Sankata Devi temple where he offered prayers before starting the roadshow. He garlanded the statue of BR Ambedkar near Nasiruddin Mauji Bhawan during his roadshow. He addressed people at Sankata Devi and near Dr Ambedkar Park.-PTI