Rahul slams naveen's 'anti-poor' policy

The congress star campaigner and AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi playing the ‘aam Admi’ card during the election meeting in Rairakhol, claimed that congress led UPA government had worked for the upliftment of the poor through its various historic schemes with in last 5 years term. “By introducing several populist schemes for the welfare and upliftment of the poor and down trodden people, the congress led UPA government had fulfilled all those promises given during the time of last election” Mr. Gandhi told while speaking in a public meeting held in Kandamba ground of Rairakhol, 60 km from here on Tuesday afternoon.
Amidst tight security the congress candidate for Amethi, Mr. Rahul Gandhi arrived here in a chopper along with the PCC president KP Singh Deo and other senior party leaders on Tuesday afternoon and cheered the people by waving his hand to the people waiting for him in scorching summer hit.. Mr. Gandhi with out attacking the Naveen Patnaik directly accused the state government as a party of rich people where place for poor does not available. “The ruling alliance government can section thousands acres of land to the industrial houses but there is no land for poor and tribal people”, Mr. Rahul Gandhi told.
Enlightening the achievement of the UPA government at center, Mr. Gandhi explained how the government had paid due attention on the poor and tribal people with in the last five years by implementing various populist schemes. ‘We have provided employment to poor and tribal people under the NREGS. We have also provided land record to the tribal people. We did what we had promised during election”, He said.
Mr. Gandhi seemed to have tired because of the high temperature and it was evident from his powerless and forceless speech. “The state government has received more funds during UPA government but it failed in utilizing the funds because of the anti-people policy of the state government”, he said.
Mr. Gandhi appealed the people to bring congress in both in state and center as congress is the only party that thinks for the poor and down trodden He appealed the people to elect the Lok Sabha candidate Amarendra Pradhan and assembly candidate Asaf Ali Khan (Rairakhol) and Sureswar Mishra (Sambalpur). (The end)