NEW DELHI: Congress MP Raul Gandhi held a rally in Delhi on Tuesday, where he took multiple jabs at AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal, ahead of the Delhi elections to be held on February 5.
Addressing the gathering at Patparganj, Rahul accused Kejriwal of not helping the poor and vanishing in times of need of the people. “Kejriwal says anything that comes to his mind, when he came, he had a small car and had said that he will do a new kind of politics. He had said he will change Delhi but when poor people were in need, he wasn’t there, when riots happened he wasn’t there,” said the Congress leader. In a further attack on the ex-Delhi CM, Rahul added, “He said he will do clean politics, but in Delhi, the biggest scam of liquor happened and you must have seen the photo of his house…Kejriwal stays in a palace, ‘Sheesh Mahal’. So this is the truth.”
Then, calling for support to Congress’ Patparganj candidate and calling out Manish Sisodia for his “involvement” in the liquor scam, Rahul said, “Before, Manish Sisodia ji was the candidate here, who was the architect of the liquor scam. He ran away from Patparganj in fear, it is a good thing. You all please fully support Anil Chaudhary ji and make him win with a huge majority.”
Rahul also took aim at BJP claiming, “There is a battle of ideology in the country”. “On one side are the people of BJP-RSS, who spread hatred and violence in the country. On the other side is the Congress Party and our ideology. We open a ‘shop of love in the market of hatred’. We don’t want an India of hatred, fear and violence. We want a shop of love,” he said.
He also addressed the Constitution and BR Ambedkar row in his speech attacking the BJP. Today the fight is to protect Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s Constitution, because BJP had said that if the number crosses 400 then they will change the Constitution. Then Mohan Bhagwat said that we did not get independence on 15 August 1947. His statement is an insult to our Constitution,” he said. “The country’s billionaires like Ambani and Adani were seen at the Ram Mandir ceremony, but our tribal President was not allowed to attend the Ram Mandir ceremony. The President was also not allowed to attend the inauguration of the new Parliament. Narendra Modi wants a India of billionaires, while the Constitution says that every citizen is equal. It is nowhere written in the Constitution that a single billionaire should have all the wealth of the country. Their aim is only to spread fear,” he further said.
Rahul Gandhi also emphasised the minimal involvement of Dalits, backward communities and tribal groups in budget fund allocation decisions, attributing this to their limited representation in crucial sectors.
Gandhi called attention to PM Modi’s non-response regarding the Congress’ caste census demand and affirmed that wherever Congress forms the government, they would implement a nationwide caste census. Gandhi reaffirmed that the Congress would eliminate the 50 per cent ceiling on reservation.