Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying that by not coming out with its manifesto for poll-bound Gujarat, it has shown “unbelievable disrespect” to the people of the State.
Polling for 89 Assembly constituencies in Phase I of the election will be held on December 9. The second phase of voting will be held on December 14.
“The BJP has shown unbelievable disrespect towards the people of Gujarat. Campaign is over and still no mention of a manifesto for the people, no vision and no ideas presented for Gujarat’s future,” Mr. Gandhi said on Twitter.
The Congress released its manifesto for the election last Monday. Mr. Gandhi also questioned Mr. Modi on the ₹55,000 crore meant for tribal welfare. In his tenth question in the series ahead of the polls in the State, Mr. Gandhi targeted the Prime Minister on the plight of tribals in the State. He has been using the tagline ‘22 saal ka hisab , Gujarat maange jawab ’ (Gujarat demands answers for 22 years of BJP rule) for his offensive.
“Migration has broken the tribal society. Modi ji , where have the ₹55,000 crore of the ‘Vanbandhu scheme’ gone?” Mr. Gandhi asked.
He alleged on Twitter, “Snatched tribals land, did not give them rights over the jungle and lakhs of land ownership contracts have been held up. Neither did schools function nor did they get a hospital, neither house for the landless nor employment for the youth.”
