Raebareli : Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi have appealed to people to elect only such a government which is accountable and answerable to people and not the one that shuts up their voices which question it.

Addressing a series of corner meetings , Ms Gandhi also cautioned people against being misled by the diversionary tactics of the government. She told them that the reality was not what was being shown on the television or the big hoardings and posters.

She asked people to look at themselves and their own struggle which was the actual reality of life. She pointed out, the Modi government had not made any single welfare policy that could help the poor and the common man. She said, Modi only made policies that helped his billionaire friends.

The Congress general secretary alleged that this government was not even letting people raise any questions. She said, anybody who questions the government is gagged and jailed. She recalled, compared to that, when her father late Rajiv Gandhi used to visit Amethi he was questioned by people if their work was not done. She said that sort of politics needs to be brought back where leaders, even if he is the Prime Minister, are questioned.

She regretted that today some leaders had taken the public service for granted as they were confident that they could mislead people and divert their attention by raising religious bogey at the time of elections. She said, this must stop and leaders must be made accountable and questioned as to what they actually did for people.

Making a fervent appeal to people to vote for Rahul Gandhi, she said, he was the only leader who had travelled the length and breadth of India to unite the country and learn about people’s problems.

Besides, she said, the Congress, unlike the BJP, which during the last ten years made policies only to benefit a few billionaires, has announced guarantees for the masses.

She pointed out, wherever the Congress had formed the government it had implemented all the promises it had made. She gave the example of Karnataka where the party government had already started depositing Rs 2,000 in every woman’s bank account, besides making the bus travel free.

She said her party has promised to pay Rs one lakh to bank account of woman head of every BPL family every year directly in her bank account at the rate of Rs 8500 per month.

For the farmers, she said, their loans will be waived off and a permanent Debt Relief Commission will be set up that will look into the debt waiver needs from time to time.

Besides, 30 lakh vacancies in various government departments will be filled up immediately and daily wages will be increased to Rs 400.

She said, there were several other guarantees aimed at benefiting the common people.