My family works for Rae Bareli, PM Modi for Adani, Ambani, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said Monday his family has always worked for the people of the Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency unlike Prime Minister Narendra Modi who works in the interest of Adani and AmbaniAddressing his first election meeting in the constituency after his nomination Gandhi said in Maharajganj that he was contesting the Lok Sabha election from the Rae Bareli seat because his family has deep links with the people here He also addressed rallies in Gurubaksganj Lalganj and KishundaspurHitting out at the Modi government he claimed that loans amounting to Rs 16 lakh crore which is equal to 24 years of money allotted under the MGNREGA have been waived for 2225 top industrialistsRahul Gandhi said his grandmother Indira Gandhi his father Rajiv Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi have worked to improve the lives of people in Rae BareliConsidered a Gandhi family bastion the Rae Bareli seat had been represented by senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi since 2004 The constituency was earlier represented by former prime minister Indira Gandhi as wellIn his address Rahul Gandhi also accused the media of not showing the problems faced by farmers and unemployed youngsters and instead giving prominence to wedding functions in top industrialists familiesHe said if the INDIA bloc comes to power a list of poor families would be compiled and Rs 1 lakh annually or Rs 8500 per month transferred in the bank account of one woman in each such familyGandhi also said an INDIA bloc government would waive the loans of small farmers and legalised common minimum support price would be provided to themHe reiterated that the Agniveer scheme of shortduration recruitment in the defence forces would be done away and youngsters would be provided permanent jobs in the armed forces with pension provisionsGandhi said youngsters would get one year of apprenticeship in public sector organisations and later based on their merit permanent government jobsRae Bareli will go to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 20The BJP has fielded Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh from the seatGandhi subsequently addressed three more poll meetings in the districtPriyanka Gandhi Vadra was with him in Maharajganj and Gurubaksganj while Rahul addressed the last two meetings in Lalganj and Kishundaspur alonePriyanka Gandhi later visited neighbouring Amethi to attend a poll meeting in favour of Congress candidate K L SharmaAt one of his rallies Rahul Gandhi said the prime minister changes his clothes thrice a day and asked where he is getting the money for this fromDistrict unit leaders and workers of the Samajwadi Party an ally of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh were present at the rallies during the dayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever