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Will bounce back to power in 2019: Rahul
Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s 2019 election campaign at a public rally in the national capital on Sunday, insisting that the grand old party will return to power in the next general elections.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s 2019 election campaign at a public rally in the national capital on Sunday, insisting that the grand old party will return to power in the next general elections.
“Congress surpassed the expectations in the Gujarat assembly elections and you all will witness the change in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan where we will win followed by the 2019 general elections. The Congress workers will not leave the side of truth,” he said at the Jan Aakrosh Rally, his first in Delhi since taking over as the party chief.
Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a range of issues, accusing him of having double standards on corruption, messing up the economy, undermining democratic institutions and failing to provide safety for women. Rahul accused the Prime Minister of being "hollow" and speaking "lies" and said the BJP will be defeated also in Karnataka assembly polls.
He said the Prime Minister is silent over Union Minister Piyush Goyal's alleged sale of shares held in a privately-held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value. "Piyush Goyal becomes a minister and does not declare his company. Later he sells it for Rs 48 crore to a power company. It is first time a Power Minister has sold his company to a power company and Narendra Modi does not speak a word," Rahul Gandhi said.
‘Parivar Aakrosh rally’: Amit Shah
Accusing the Congress of practising dynastic politics, BJP chief Amit Shah termed the party’s ‘Jan Akrosh’ rally as a “Parivar Akrosh Rally”. In a series of tweets, Shah slammed the Grand Old Party, saying that the Congress was ousted from successive states in Assembly elections in the past three years owing to “Jan Aadesh (public order)”. “A dynasty and their courtiers, who were sent out of state after state by ‘Jan Aadesh’ now pretend to represent ‘Jan Akrosh.’
Democracy is in danger: Manmohan
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought support for the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi, saying the democracy of the country is in danger with the Modi government consistently undermining its Constitutional institutions. Launching an all-out attack on the government, he said it has failed to fulfil the promises it made before coming to the power and it’s the time it should give an account of its works to the people of the country.
Modi govt betrayed people: Sonia
Launching a scathing attack on the Modi govt, former Cong president Sonia Gandhi accused it of “betraying” the people by not keeping its promises and alleged that corruption had taken “deeper roots” since it came to power. Sonia alleged that the Modi government has left no stone unturned in undermining institutions and targeting political rivals by misusing central agencies.
