Almost 50 years after he passed away, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was ‘resurrected' by the Congress in Phulpur, the constituency he represented in the Lok Sabha, with party general secretary Rahul Gandhi invoking the legacy of his great-grandfather and exhorting youth to work for development and progress.
Hitting out at corruption and lack of development under the Bahujan Samaj Party regime in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress general secretary announced that the Food Security Bill, to ensure food for the poor, and an effective Lokpal Bill to fight corruption would be tabled in the coming session of Parliament.
As the Congress prepares for a sterner test ahead — the U.P. Assembly polls in 2012 — a new slogan, “Nehruji ko yaad kartenge, Rahulji ke saath challenge” (We will remember Mr. Nehru and walk along with Rahul), was coined by the party.
It seems to suggest that after trying several political experiments, the time had come for Mr. Gandhi to carry forward Pandit Nehru's legacy of secularism, development and Nehruvian socialism.
Addressing a public rally on the Trivenipuram railway grounds in Jhunsi (Phulpur Parliamentary Constituency) — the first public meeting ever to be held in Phulpur — after flagging off the Congress' mass contact programme to mark the launch of the party election campaign on Monday, Mr. Gandhi slammed the Mayawati government for ignoring the plight of the poor. “While the poor have not progressed in the State in the last 20 years, corruption and ‘goondaism' have increased. The Ministers are in jail and development has come to a standstill.”
He asked the youth to stand up against injustice and atrocities. “When I look at the scenario it makes me angry, at times I think that why shouldn't I take up your fight from Lucknow. The mindset of the youth has to change.”
Keywords: UP Assembly polls, Rahul campaign, Mayawati government
Rahul Gandhi does not know how to tell what he wants to tell in diplomatic language. Diplomatic language is such like a skirt of a pretty girl, which is short enough to expose the charm and long enough to cover the body. Though his statement may be right but the language he used seems like a derogatory remark. In that sense he is not a matured politician.
First he needs to clean his stable at centre by removing all corrupts.Bring Janlokpal Bill.Bring all blackmoney from foreign banks.then he should talk about corruption UP.If he knows Mayavati is corrupt why he taken her support in saving his govt at centre.Now when the election is due he exhorts the UP wallas to come out of Mayavati shadow .But UP wallas are more mature than him.He can make them fool agaisn.He has failed in Bihar and this time also fail in UP.His invocation of uP wallahas by saying that why they are going all india to work as labourers and beggar.He should know that if his party remain in power all of poor and middle class would go beggar and his family would be richer by the loots .
Rahul Gandhi is more popular than any BJP leader on all India basis as per all the surveys. He is the future of India.Corruption may be in all the parties but the difference between Congress and BJP is that BJP offically declared support for Yeddy and Reddys, the most corrupted ones whereas Congress never support such things.
Honourable MP, Mr. Rahul Gandhi needs training in delevering speech to the country men. today every citizen is very much conscious of their self respect and self esteem. calling people as beggar for jobs is an insult to the all citizen of the country. Question is job creation, this is basically policy of the central govt. to take up infra structure projects, not only roads or gramin rogger jozna, but projects crating mass employments through PPP models. energy sector we are very poor, railway connectivity, not enough, roads(high ways or good roads)we are lagging behind,health and sanotation, we are in shamble condition. residential houses, we are insufficient, Mr. Manmohan singh's govt. always talk about open economy, market will decide the price. This is applicable to the developed world, at least not in india. Govt. makes policy that are getting porous by the corrupt officials sitting in the govt. First & Foremost thing is to reform administrations from corruption.
Mr Rahul gandhi is very unpopular due to his blind eye on indias real political situation of concerns. He has never addressed the corruption scandal going on centre.
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