Satish Handa, May 8
Addressing a huge poll rally in support of former Union Minister Shelja Rajya Sabha member contesting Lok Sabha polls from Ambala constituency at Gandhi Ground Ambala Cantt on Tuesday Priyanka Gandhi Wadra said that she has come to Ambala first time to address her ‘Dil Ki Baat’ not a poll rally and would like to say that country cannot forget the sacrifices of Nehru-Gandhi family for the independence of country in which several family members including Smt Indira Gandhi lost lives and family members sentenced jails. She accused BJP came to power in the country making false promises to voters in 2014 polls, but failed to fulfil even a single promise in past five years rule betraying people feel themselves cheated.
Priyanka said that farmers, youths, women, people from poor families, businessmen were worst affected in the country in past five years BJP government rule due to erratic, unfavourable policies including ‘Notbandi’ and implementation of faulty GST in the country, which made more than five lakh employees working in industries jobless. She said, such policies adversely affected world famous Ambala scientific industry, Jagadhari metal industry and Yamunanagar plywood industry in Ambala Lok Sabha constituency as a result many units either became sick or collapsed, whereas BJP government has been making baseless ‘Make in India’ slogans in past five years thus betraying and cheat people having high hopes from BJP government in 2014. Priyanka said, financial crunch adversely affected farmers from whom BJP government forcibly extracted money towards crop insurance scheme to benefit near and dears industrialists as such nearly 12000 farmers burdened under heavy debts committed suicide in past five years. She said, youths assured two crore jobs every year, females assured security feel themselves cheated. She expressed deep concern over farmers visited Delhi to convey their grievances to Prime Minister Narender Modi neglected when he avoided to listen their problems.
Priyanka said, Prime Minister Modi demanding votes in the name of country’s army, whereas Congress fighting present polls on genuine issues, truth, aiming to solve the problems of people deprived of their rights and faced sufferings in past five years BJP rule in the country. She said that financial developments have been completely shaken due to erratic government policies since BJP government trying to finish democracy should know that county needs ‘Lok Tantar’ rule not a king more interested in foreign visits, enjoying ‘Biryani’ in Pakistan, beating drums in Japan and sharing false appreciations with China, which have now been exposed to voters likely to teach them a lesson in present Lok Sabha polls comparing Prime Minister Modi with ‘Duryodhan’ in ‘Mahabhart’ war between ‘Kauravs’ and ‘Pandavs’.
Referring Congress poll manifesto, Priyanka said that after coming to power in the country Congress would benefit women of each family belonging to below poverty line with financial aid worth Rs 72000 every year to meet both ends meal of their family, fill up 24 lakh vacant jobs in government departments immediately, take back all legal cases against farmers unable to pay bank loans, provide free education to girls, simplify GST rules to bring boom in the country, improve medical facilities in all government hospitals.