PM Modi may control corrupt EPS, but not Tamils, says Rahul Gandhi
Says Tamil Nadu now needs a leader like former chief minister Kamaraj
To be worthy to earn the respect of the Tamil people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should keep his mouth shut and ears open when he visits the state, suggested Rahul Gandhi, adding a word to chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami also, to stop stooping before Prime Minister Modi if he wants votes this election.
Addressing the electorates at Pavoorchathiram in Tenkasi constituency, in the second day of his three-day election campaign in the southern districts on Sunday, Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to control Tamil Nadu as he does with its chief minister, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, threatening him with the ED and CBI.
“He may control the chief minister as the latter is corrupt, but not the Tamil people,” said Mr Gandhi. The state now needs a leader like former chief minister Kamaraj, who listened to the people and implemented schemes for their development. So, Modi also should keep his ears open and listen to the people, and keep his mouth shut.
“I’m looking forward for a government to work for the people after the election, so that the state would reach its full potential in all fields,” he added, promising his commitment for the formation of such a state government.
Participating in an interaction with professors and teachers, organised by the People’s Education Protection Movement at St. Xavier’s College in Tirunelveli on Sunday, Mr Gandhi responding to the teacher participants on varied issues relating to the system of education, said, “The Centre’s ‘new education’ policy is an attempt to promote a particular ideology. The
National Education Policy 2020 (NEP) was framed without proper consultations with major stakeholders in the education system, the teachers, and the student community. It aimed at centralisation, communalisation and commercialisation of the education system in the country.”
Clarifying his stance, Mr Gandhi said that he was not against private participation in education, but the government should not shirk off its responsibility in ensuring free education to the poor people.
To a professor’s question, who asked if the ideas he was propagating was not utopian, Mr Gandhi said that he agreed that the Congress has been facing a formidable enemy, who had been crushing his opponents.
I’m looking forward for a government to work for the people after the election, so that the state would reach its full potential in all fields — Rahul Gandhi,
Congress leader