Rahul Gandhi at Gunnaur says non-Congress Governments pushed U.P backward

Kicking off his second phase of the Congress Campaign for the upcoming assembly polls in the state, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi promised that Congress can bring back Uttar Pradesh to the top position again. Addressing a Congress workers’ meet at Babrala in Gunnaur AICC General Secretary said that all the non-Congress Governments which ruled the state for the past 20 years pulled the state backward.

Referring to UPA Government policies, Congress General Secretary added, “While campaigning for the Parliament elections in 2004 Congress had made only single promise to form a government that would work for the common man while other parties made a number of hollow promises. We had promised a government that works for the poor, dalits and adivasis. With the implementation of schemes like MGNREGA, Janani Suraksha Yojana and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan all aiming the benefit of the poor we have indeed delivered.” Underlining the significance of the MGNREGA scheme, Rahul Gandhi said, “by the MGNREGA policy, the biggest employment generation scheme, poor are assured of a minimum of 100 days jobs in a year with a daily wage of Rs120. Ask anybody in Andhra Pradesh or Kerala about the most beneficial scheme of the Central Government. Without any doubt most will say it is MGNREGA.” He also rubbished the ‘India Shining’ slogan of BJP led NDA.

Taking a dig at Mayawati Rahul Gandhi continued “Your Chief Minister says that MGNREGA is of no use. When all other states are admitting that MGNREGA is the most useful policy, your Chief Minister says that the scheme is of no use. I remember in October 2007 Mayawatiji during a rally had said that the MGNREGA is not beneficial for the state."

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