Jaipur: The time has come to usher in another Green Revolution and the Congress will do it if comes to power after the Lok Sabha polls, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said at a farmers’ outreach on Wednesday.
Gandhi made the announcement while kicking off the party’s Lok Sabha election campaign in Rajasthan at a ‘Kisan Rally’ where he again hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale jet deal. He announced that the Congress government in the state shall start food processing units near farmers’ land.
He also said that Modi would have to waive loans of Indian farmers. “Or else, the Congress shall do it after coming to power.”
The Congress President also praised the farmers of Rajasthan for showing their might to Modi by forming a Congress government in the state. “The Assembly elections have shown farmers’ strength to Modi. Now is the time when India’s farmers and youths should bat on the front foot without getting scared and hit sixers.”
“In fact, Modi has been playing on the back foot after making promises for the past four and a half years,” he said, using cricketing analogy.
“Modi promised jobs, but instead he brought in demonetisation and GST which hampered small businesses and resulted in losses for farmers.Further, he gave our money to his friend (in the Rafale deal).”
Gandhi said that Modi boasts about his 56-inch chest but he could not gather courage to come to the Lok Sabha even for a minute.
“He ran away to a Punjab university. In fact, his Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke for two and a half hours.
“Chaukidar ne chori ki hai aur chaowkidaar dar ke baag gaya” (The watchman committed theft and ran away scared).
Then Gandhi raised the slogan “Chowkidaar chor hai” to which the crowd repeated after him. (IANS)
