Modi government made 20-25 people billionaires: Rahul Gandhi
VIJAYAPURA: Accusing the Modi government of distributing the national wealth among only 20–25 persons and making them billionaires, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asserted that after coming to power, the I.N.D.I.A bloc would distribute equal quantum of money among the poor, farmers, and women through different welfare schemes.
Addressing an election rally in Vijayapura on Friday, the former AICC president said that only 1% of the people in the country have the wealth equivalent to the wealth owned by over 70 crore people.
“This has happened in India during the last 10 years of the Modi government, where a small section of wealthy people have become wealthier. The Modi government has handed over public sector units, ports, airports, and other national resources to a few businessmen, such as Adani,” Rahul said.
Rahul said that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will ensure that the wealth of the nation is redistributed among the needy people who have been deprived of it by the NDA government.
Rahul Gandhi said that the ongoing Lok Sabha election is not like any other General Election as people have to choose between those who are determined to destroy the country’s democracy and the Constitution and those who are striving to save it. He said that PM Modi and his BJP are making every effort to destroy the democratic system and the Constitution.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, ministers MB Patil and Shivanand Patil, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, AICC election observer Sayed Burhanuddin, and several Congress MLAs were present.
‘Will scrap Agniveer’
Describing the Agniveer as a scheme that is aimed at weakening the Armed Forces, Rahul Gandhi announced to scrap the policy in order to give equal salary, equal pension, and equal ration facility to the jawans.
Promises to amend GST regime
Calling the GST regime completely unscientific and anti-trade, Rahul Gandhi said that the I.N.D.I.A bloc will bring radical changes to it to make it trader-friendly. “Today, because of the faulty GST system, Karnataka gives Rs 100 to the Centre, but in return, it gets only Rs 13 from the Centre. This is causing injustice to the states. Our government will amend the GST system,” he said.
‘Law on MSP’
Rahul said that when voted to power, the I.N.D.I.A bloc government will not only ensure a law on MSP to help farmers but will also waive farm loans.
‘We will financially empower women’
“As far as women are concerned, the government will identify poor women from every family in the country and will give Rs 1 lakh to each woman annually. In Karnataka, it will become Rs 1.24 lakh as the state is already giving Rs 24,000 each year to women under the Gruha Lakshmi scheme,” he said.