Rahul shares dais with Hardik, attacks PM Modi
AHMEDABAD: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating “two Indias” -- one of a select few billionaires and the other for the common people.
Speaking at an ‘Adivasi Satyagrah Sammelan’ in Dahod district of Gujarat, Gandhi expressed confidence of a victory in the assembly elections due in the state later this year. “The BJP government will not give you anything. Instead, they will take everything you have. You (tribals) have to grab your rights and only then will you get what is essentially yours,” he said, sharing the dais with state Congress working president Hardik Patel, who has been accusing the state party leadership of ignoring him. “Today, two Indias are being created, one is of the rich, a few select people, billionaires and bureaucrats who have power and money. The second India is of common people,” he said. The Congress party does not want two Indias but equality for everyone, he added.
The state’s tribal belt has been a stronghold for the Congress since Independence. In 2017, the party won 15 seats of the 27 seats reserved for scheduled tribe (ST) candidates while the BJP won nine. State BJP spokesperson Yamal Vyas said: “It is election tourism for him (Gandhi)... when polls are nearing, he has started visiting the state.”