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Rahul Gandhi reaches out to farmers, women in Anantapur
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Hitting out at both the ruling TDP and the YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party will fight for Polavaram.
Hitting out at both the ruling TDP and the YSR Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said his party will fight for Polavaram.
"Unlike the other two parties of the state, we are not going to compromise with your future/AP needs Polavaram and special category status to become the no.1 state in the country. The Congress Party will fight for that," said Rahul, who kicked off his 10-km-long ‘padyatra' in Andhra Pradesh today.
Rahul, who has reached out to farmers during similar visits and foot marches in states like Punjab, Maharashtra, Telangana and more recently Rajasthan, kicked off his padayatra from Obuladevara Cheruvu village to Mamilakuntapalli, a three-km stretch, where he interacted with farmers, weavers and students.
He kicked off his yatra from the village where Indira Gandhi had addressed a meeting in 1979.
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"We will fight for Polavaram. We will fight for what is your due," he added.
Further attacking the two parties, the Congress vice-president questioned why they were scared to ask for what is due to Andhra Pradesh.
"I can understand the intentions of the PM, but I don't understand the intentions of the Chief Minister of this state and the other party," he said.
"Why are these two parties not fighting for the special status? Why are these two parties not fighting for Polavaram? Why are they scared to ask what is due to Andhra? What is about their past that is making them sell your future?" Rahul added.
"The Congress Party and I are not scared of anything. I am here to tell you that Congress is going to fight for special status for AP," the Congress scion assured.
During the course of his yatra, he would hold interactions in three villages of the district with farmers, MGNREGS workers and with women SHGs.
The leader would also meet the family of farmer Harinath Reddy, who allegedly committed suicide.
"He would walk for 10 kilometres. In fact, (Rahul's grandmother) Indira Gandhi had addressed a meeting at the village in 1979. There would be three-four interactions with students, farmers and self-help group women," APCC president N Raghuveera Reddy had said on Thursday.
Rahul will undertake his second stretch of padyatra from Mamilakuntapalli to Daburavaripalli (5 kms). Later, he will have an interaction with women SHGs and visit Deburavaripalli habitation.
The third stretch of Rahul's padyatra will be between Daburavaripalli to Kondakamarla (2 kms) where he will interact with MGNREGS workers and family members of migrant labourers.
Later, the Congress vice president will go to Puttaparthy and receive representations from people, besides holding interaction with senior Congress leaders. He will also visit the 'Maha Samadhi' of Sri Satya Sai Baba.
Gandhi's visit, the first after bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, is being seen as an effort to strengthen the party's base in the state after it drew a blank in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections held in 2014.
The ruling TDP in the state and YSR Congress, had yesterday hit out at Rahul, blaming the Congress for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and the "gross injustice" to Seemandhra.
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