BJP never talked about poor or backward class: Rahul Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Basti as part of his election campaign in Uttar Pradesh said that BJP never talked about poverty or the issues of the poor.

 “The BJP and NDA talked about many things like terrorism. In fact the poverty is the biggest threat for development at present. The issues of the poor, backward class are supreme. But the BJP and NDA never talked about these” blamed Rahul Gandhi.

“What did we do? We came to you and asked about your difficulties. You had told us that there are no sufficient jobs available in the villages. The people are forced to migrate to big cities for jobs. So the first thing we did was to implement MNREGA, the biggest employment guarantee scheme, to guarantee jobs for all. By this biggest employment generation scheme poor are assured of jobs if they intend to work. Every poor is assured of 100 days of work at a daily wages of Rs 120 thus amounting to Rs 12,000 a year,” said Rahul Gandhi on UPA’s Mahatma Gandhi NREGA policy.

“Then we went to the farmers and asked about their problems. They told us that the doors of the banks are closed for them and many of them are being burdened with huge loans. The Centre took necessary measures to open the doors of the banks for the farmers and also framed a policy to waive off loan of the poor farmers worth Rs. 60000 crore” informed Rahul Gandhi.

 “When drought-hit Bundelkhand was crying for help neither Mayawati Ji nor Mulayam Ji went there. I had personally requested the Chief Minister to kindly go there. But she refused,” said Rahul Gandhi.

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Mayawati’s govt. got maximum funds from Congress (I)-led UPA govt.

Congress (I) has lashed out at Mayawati for getting maximum funds from Congress (I)-led UPA government at the Center for development works but not undertaking development works in the state.  “She is always hungry of funds despite receiving maximum funds from the Centre. It is a state where maximum funds have been misused”, said Congress (I) spokesman.  Mayawati has misused funds in constructing parks and erecting statutes including her own, which is unheard of in the country. Funds were given to Maya government under NRHM scheme for improving rural health services. But most of those funds be siphoned off by corrupt officials and the balance remained unutilised. Again funds for Mahatama Gandhi NREGA Scheme were made available by centre for providing employment to rural poor but instead funds were misapplied in purchasing of laptop computers and in payment of transportation bills of concerned officers. For Mayawati paucity of funds is just an excuse for not undertaking development in the state, said Congress (I).

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Congress: Crime has peaked in Uttar Pradesh

The heart of India has been mired by big sprocket wholes of organized crime. The reality has now surfaced in a big way in cornering the Mayawati government in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

The Indian National Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi criticized Mayawati government for the high crime rate in the state. He said, "Uttar Pradesh accounts for up to 33 percent of the total crime registered in the entire country."

"The national crime record bureau released for 2010 puts the crime rate as the highest in Uttar Pradesh. I am not taking you to the details but roughly 33 percent plus of all crimes registered in the county are registers in Uttar Pradesh," said Singhvi.

Stories of theft, robbery, murder, molestation and rape are doing the rounds on the pages of various newspapers and on television news channels. There has been an immense crime growth in the state.

The crime graph in the state has been on a steep rise since the ruling state government came to power. It must be checked or the ruling Mayawati government will have to face grave troubles in the times to come. Temperature is going hotter – the Uttar Pradesh people may even vote the Elephant out.

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